RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2398, 13 January 1909, Page 6

RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

I .... k.i’j, y-iHh-rTrhl.-i/.d'i, :.o ' if HE NEW MINISTER’S .WIEWS. : | [Prkss Association.] | . i2. | Replying .yesterday to. a. deputation SfroKl l'esidetitfi ' a'lbhg ’Mimnwa.tu' Vine, asking for increased -facilities, fespec/hliy* in 'blib’-’xiily of ' 'a'dtlif ib v nid ‘ Ifcrains,, Air.j MiJJar, ljinilc- some remarks ja ]>p 1 ib!e’ to .--tlx eTa I J\a avs o/ Iht> l>omiimbji at."large.'So. far j'as tne'.dc- • maiicl for,- ’iffcrQKscd •'sei;yi.ce V)ii. ’the” ManaAvr.jnidihe ivhs contel’nbd','he'.sij|il" tlie| : c i 'wpi\ltl" l)h_iip until’'jt’hp improYemep'l/s rypy In' hand' had-.'been, effected. '“’ln ’the”’meantime’ theyi?; woytfd jbg .Jio.- great accclc-ration 1 ,- of speed. At'flic precept''trine,' the, line . uus carrying up to the maximum' cap- ( and it,,bad t-,) ,b L c , fcipcujbpffd that no timber was 'coiiun J down’from the Main. Tpiviik.. copntry.., He liad laid down the principle’that the suburban area wpp iipff ,to .cxtoujl, beyond twenty,pniles..,..Tljat .was-.a, .avulc arep. !i‘e,,njai]Ps it-, ‘i\cj.(lid’ I expect a. tVftilh to, aniy eycry-day,. but/jf the,vft,iAvasj {i, ;1 jss , 0V(Oi; ~th’j ee, the ' t wliplfi, ,p. ujb i i ,s h oij lit j 1 i o t’, ’ha to ..to: ]>ay:.« dead i.0.-*s ipr jfi’siinallj section of the, iCoijipi.up jty; t wanted to do as much, as , he,, iCOji’d, while carefully conaideriiig,.tlip. ,revenue of the- country. lie .did-, not say that lie could not nvike the railways earn any more than tli.oy Avere, but lie avouUl not make them lose any more than they were . losing. Sunday ivas a day of: rest. The staff had a right to be considered. He ivas not in favor of encouraging Sunday trains to any great extent. He did, not know of any ih-b-.nd Sunday service in Ncav Zealand (excluding tlio-se to the shipping ports) with the exception of that to Otaki. He ' cei tainly knew of no train from the country into the city. Such a serA'ice Avould not pay to commence with, because people preferred so he had. always understood to remain in the country. The men Ave.ro hard Avorked now. and lie did not wish to impose additional burdens on them.