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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2756, 10 March 1910, Page 3

Japanese inns furnish fresh toothbrushes every morning free- to each guest. An ingenious but not exactly commendable method of avoiding the carrying of heavy luggage in motor cars while on tour was aecidenally discovered by the authorities of the Railway Department the other day (writes a Christchurch correspondent). It appears that a motorist who wished to make a trip from Christchurch to Dunedin went to the Christchurch railway station and checked his luggage through to the southern city. He then made the journey bv motor ear, and on arrival at Dunedin, went to the station and claimed his luggage. One sharp-eyed porter, however, had noted that no passenger had arrived by the train, arid as a result inquiries were made, and the scheme hurst like a pricked bubble. The department now requires the production of the passenger’s ticket when luggage is being cheeked, and thus has a- guarantee of his bona tides.