Railway Officials Oblige.

A quick piece of work by the Railway Department earned the admiration and thanks of an Auckland motorist (says the Auckland Star). His two boys were bound South on football affairs, and he was seeing them off. One of the lads drove the car down to the railway station. After the farewells the father went out to where the car was parked, and discovered, to his dismay, that the doors were locked, and the boy who had driven them to the station had the keys in his pocket, bowling along at thirty miles an hour Wellington-wards. The father explained the position to the railway people.

An obliging official said he would see what could be done. The telephone got to work, word was sent to Papatoetoe, where the train was slowed down almost to a stop, the guard was told to get into touch with a lad in carriage “G” and inquire for the missing keys, which were to be thrown out on the Papakura station platform. There was no difficulty in finding the boy, the keys were duly thrown out while the train dashed, past Papakura, and they were handed to the guard on the next down train, and within a hour the car owner drove off with them to his home.