Otago Daily Times on “Red Cap” Porters
“His Sole Mission in Life is to Help”

“He is the guide, philosopher, and friend of timid railway travellers, and is already filling a long-felt want at the Dunedin Railway Station. For a small sum he will carry one's bag from the taxi to the train. For a further consideration he will check luggage and label it, book seats, and attend to the many little bothering details which are the bugbear of train travelling. For the privilege of operating on the railway station he pays a license fee and the fee he charges is governed by regulation, and this, coupled with the fact that any complaint against him can be taken before the stationmaster for final arbitration, makes exploitation highly improbable if not impossible.”

“Red Cap” porters were first tried by the N.Z. Railways in December last, and have proved so satisfactory to the public and Department that a number are now operating throughout the Dominion.

“Red Caps” are located at Auckland, Frankton Junction, Palmerston North, Thorndon, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

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Every noble life leaves the fibre of it interwoven with the work of the world.—Ruskin.