Old Auckland Station

Referring to the demolition of the old Auckland station, an anonymous correspondent writes feelingly as under to the General Manager, Mr. H. H. Sterling:—

“Undoubtedly you will have no time to read this, but I was looking at the old Auckland Railway Station to-day. The dismantling effected in a few hours has made such a difference to that old land mark of historical interest—for forty years more or less that has sheltered passengers and trains; for forty years railway business has gone on there. There must have been many incidents and co-incidents take place during the life and bustle of that old Auckland Railway Station. I am sure that many of the boys of the ‘Old Brigade’ will look back to those days of ‘boyhood’ where memories will never grow old nor fade: like the verse—

‘Make new friends but keep the old; These are silver, those are gold.'”