HOW NOT TO DO IT.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 850, 27 November 1877, Page 2

HOW NOT TO DO IT.

Application was made from: Waikuto co i,he M in**er of the Auck 1 iutl and Waikano riilway to idsue r«r.urh tickets between Auokl md and Waiitatii fn* in >n<lay, av.iilab e till Tuursday nexv and Mr A. V. Maodonald, the Miuigor, expressed m« williairiiesa t> c imply, with the reqaest, but Sfate.l thar. he niusc suuniit the proposal r.o ttie E.igineer-Ln-Cnief for consideration. The requeat was so submittedj an 1 shorcly after wards dec iue 1 as the result. ..Slot to be _th waned, iniwevrtr, dir 3 -oi'^e Gi«ey w,is telegraphed to ia VVenin^ton, by the Waikato Tart 0 'u'b* asking him to order tiie issuo of rdnura tickers betvv-eeb Auckland f and Waikaco for thiaoccwi'ii. i'he, following reply was received by r tele .j rap ii :— ; ib VVaikato Turf Club. Will consult Minuter for Puolic Wor&s at ouce. — Or. GkbV." Wellington, Nov. 21. Tae same day, wituin ten minutes, the Subjoined telegram was received bV the Club. . Railway authorises instructed to issue return ticke s from Auckland to Waikato from Monday, 260h, to £a ur.d.iy, 29 h, at single fares. — : John KLnowles. : 'Che railway authorities, however, vere ;nob to be bullied into doiug their duty to tne pabl.c. If not ; clever enough to make the railway pay, they were srtiarc enough to carry their point, and baulk Auckland visitors t» Waikato of a cheap trip, vhile at the same time they folow«d their .instructions i,o the .letter. Tiiey yesterdiy, it seems, prewired to issue return tickets oetvveen Auckland und Waikxto, but not fu i bar tuan Menrer, which is the nearest point in Waikaco to Auckl.tnd. Ttiat complied with the instructions, but would leave excuitionisfs somo thirty-s x miles short of Newcastle, and even *heu they did not advertise the issue of return tickets in the AuckUud papers. They kept the j»ro.rii»e to ear, but broke it to the hopu, We question, howler, whether this sort of sluirp practise, tdis pe'.ty abuse ot' power, will be looked upon as a ♦smart thing* by the heads of departments in welling on who have been tnade to break f tiih* with the public by tinsjiot ot their subordmi tea, and weS trust the fulle.it iuvcßti«(atijii will be instituted to bring to lig.it tvbat secret inflaenoe has been brought to overrule Mr Maodonuld's wUlingnefl o ob.i^e the public, and the after interference of iniuist'ers to secure for the same the act of courtesy an! justice whiou Mr Al.icdonald's 8 ipmiors in the dopjirtaxmit sought i.o aud indeed tiventaally di.l set aside.