TO TH* KDITOR Of THS PKESS. • Sir,—Will you allow mc through 3W** columns to give vent to an almost univer sal expression of public opinion in refer ence to the necessity of a dining car which should be attached, to the express train between Chrietchurch and Dunedin. .This is a subject which has often beon men tioned among passengers on a railway journey between these two cltlee, ana I often wonder why some abler pen loan mine has not taken Up the roftiferiong ago. When the express rolls Into Ti'maru the following scene is of frequent occur rence :—Ladies and gentlemen scrambling out of the carriages with time-tables Iα hand hunting up and down the pagee in order to see how long the train waits, and then rushing into the refreshment rooms fit to break their necks over-the dinner leet they should miss the train. Not only this, but I have seen -women with children who would have wished to leave the carriage but did not, partly owing to the rush and partly owing to the fear of the express leaves them behind. O£ course, twenty miuUt* 9 is allowed on the downward journey &t Timaru, and the same time at Oamnru, but very tew people know this except regular travellers. £>o, for this *eason, coupled with* euch a great; convenience to the public, I have much pleasure in adysOCsfcinA «j* neceffelty for the introduction of a dining-car on the express train. Hoping this matter witf be taken up by another pen, edther fwoif against—Yours, &c., ~.. W. X. I^

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