Railwaymen's Courtesy.

At this season one thinks of favours received, many of which are but lightly acknowledged (states Mr. John A. Brailsford in a letter to the “Dominion,” Wellington). During two years' constant travelling on the railways, I have received a good deal more than ordinary courtesy, and I think that has been the experience of passengers generally, and I should be glad if you would publish this little word of appreciation. I have had special reason for gratitude. My umbrella and overcoat and various other possessions have a way of forgetting that they belong to me. They seem to imagine they should remain in the train when I get off. However, the railway people have never failed to take charge of these erring things, and to hold them in secure custody till I have claimed them. One would like to be able to regard honesty as a matter of course, but unfortunately mankind has not attained to that state, and one may be pardoned for expressing gratification at the high standard of honesty in the railway service.