CORRESPONDENCE.
Careless Packing.
[To the Editor.]
Sm, -I wish to draw the attention of the public to the carelessness of railway officials. On Wednesday last three sacks of apples arrived here, consigned to me. Although they were in sacks, the apples were well packed in straw. If ordinary care had been used in the short trip from Masterton to Eketahuna, no damage could have resulted, but when I went to the truck to receive the goods I found that the sacks were placed at the bottom of the truck, beneath six coils of fencing wire and a very heavy piece of iron. Over all was a quantity of chaff. Of course I drew the attention of the station master to the condition of the apples. A large quantity in two of the sacks was smashed to a pulp. Can you conceive a more careless way of packing goosJp than this ? Thanking you in anticipation,—l am, &c,
Catherine Hodges,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3783, 11 April 1891, Page 2
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158CORRESPONDENCE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3783, 11 April 1891, Page 2
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