THE WORKING MAN’S FRIEND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2483, 23 April 1909, Page 5

THE WORKING MAN’S FRIEND.

[To The Editor.]

Sir, —It seems extraordinary to me, Sir. that when it comes to borough elections the working men and laborers should always cling to Mr W. J). Lysnar and look upon his opponents as their enemies. I don’t mean to insinuate that an ex-lawyer and a landed proprietor cannot be in sympathy; with the aims of the “hornyhanded,” but we know that they usually are not. It may be said that Mr Mailer does not specially represent us workers, but for the matter of that, how can Lysnar? Past experiences show that excepting at election time wlmn 1 e becomes very solicitiou" about us lie is antagonistic rather than sympathetic to ns. Any way, he is hand in glc ,: e with the Tammany ring that would !>ko to run Gisborne, and that’s enough to settle him with “yours truly.”—l am, “SPADE AND SHOVEL.” WA KE UP, MILLE 3J. IF/S ! [To The Editor.] Sir, Like most of Mr Miller’s frierds I am sorely disapointed that our candidate is unable to be in Gisbo/oe to fight the contest, for in that case 1 have no doubt what the icsuit would be, namely, an overwhelm mg majority. As it is there is a> stiff iignt ahead, and 1 hope that all Mr Milior’s friends will rallv round his flag; and show him T,n - a goou jxayor m wo'-mi i.tij.ung for. No one doubts that lie is the better mail of the two who ire offering so “wake up,” Miilerites, an l see that our man gets a thumping majority.—l am, etc., “TOWNSMAN. ’ NEGLIGENCE IN THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT. [To The Editor.] Sir,—Consignors and consignees are frequently complaining about the careless manner in’which business is carried on by our Railway Department, especially on the Gisbome-Waikohu sec',on.. Surely, business is not so brisk that matters cannot be properly attended to. I, for one, being a business nan, am in a fair position to know liow business is carried on by the Department. Until recently we had not an e,freer in charge of Waikohu station, the iesult of that being, we were constantly losing our goods. Now, fbe Depaitment has appointed a person m charge of Waikohu, still we have cause to complain. Last week, for instance, a consignor asked for a truck to bring seine goods from Waikohu to Gisborne. Hie truck went out as ordered from Gisborne station, but was not loaded at Waikohu with the person’s goods who ordered the truck, but was loaded outh goods belonging to another individual. Why is this sort of business allowed ? This consignor, who is complaining, has just cause, for not only was lie ] ut to inconvenience by waiting for his goods to arrive in Gisborne, ou: min IK' be had to go to Waikohu do sec! if there was any likelihood of his goods being forwarded, with the result thatthey were forwarded without further delay. Could this not have been done without the consignor, and being nut to all this unnecessary trouble."' Has it come to this that a consignor must load his goods and then wait at the railway yards to soo T-Ihmyi safe* on tho way ? * Another matter 1 would like to draw attention to is why cannot we got civility at the Gisborne booking office of the Railway Department? Here is an instance! Last Saturday n.lining a person asked the Booking Clerk v bat station would it be necessary to look a parcel to. The parcel mentioned was addressed Whatatutu, and the person forwarding, being a stranger to the district, did not knew what railway station to book the d arc el to. He courteously asked the Clerk what it was neccssarv to do. The reply was, s Y° j 1 must find out.” Could not this Clerk answer civilly, oven if he does not do his dutv. I am, etc.. "COSMOPOLITAN.