KAIPARA TRAINS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1912, Page 5

KAIPARA TRAINS.

j MORE READJUSTMENTS ■WAIfXED. AiD MOKE PAST TRAINS. MINISTER'S SUGOESnOS". A deputation representing the local bodies which yesterday conferred on the proposed time-table for the improvement of the Kaipara train service, waited on the Minister (Hon. A. M. Myers) this morning with the resolutions arrived at by the. conference. Mr. Coatee, M.P. fur Kaipara, introduced the deputation, ilr. vlauder, M.P. for also bcm,. , present. ■Mr. Coaxes in broaching the subject of the deputation, said that there was a good deal of difficulty in meeting the requirements all round, but he thought something might be done to accelerate the; speed of the proposed fast train very •considerably. At the conference 01 local bodies yesterday to consider tho proposed Kiapara. .-crvioe it had boon .-iigirfistpd thai ii! order to accrluratr ho la.~i train) Kumeu, Waimauku and \'i'i>od!iill be cut] i out of (.lie stopping place.-. Personally, i be objected to the cutting nut of Xbu.-.c 1 stations, a≤ a large number of people ! would be affc-.tej. It would he .mav.,i better 10 cut out some of the suburban stations which «ere better served by trains. The resolutions carried by tbe conference of local bodies included the leaving of a train from Auckland at 7.1 j a-m. instead of 8.20 ajn. as suggested; | the departure of a fast train from He!- | ensrille at 7 ajn. instead of 3 p.m., and that a train leave Auckland at 10.50 a.-in. and be. made a fast train to Heleusrilie. It was also -suggested that the morning ! trajii from Wellsford be made a fast ! train after '.saving Hf.!msvj!!p Th>; member added tb.it*~br als- hope} something would b° done to ?peed up the tram from the railhead.

Mr. J. Stewart. •r-hainnac of the Uf.: eniville Town Boaj-d, submitted the resolutions arrived at by the conference. Mr. A- Harding, of DargaviUp, said I that the proposed time-ta-ble submitted by the Railway Department -would not suit the residents of Dargaville. who ■n-ould be much better served if tae timetable could be altered as- iugrrr*ted. I Mr. V,'. H. Jiekman and sefera: other I members of th? deputation also ;poV:c ;n I support cf the change by the resolutions., ; some cf the speakers being at varia.-.-: lon eerta:n points, while one or two 1 strongly obieo*.e>i to the cutting out o: any stations. Mr. Myers said that hr •■■cu-d ture to go carefully id'o the whoi-; Er.tcr. There were so many ;D'uere~i.i to coneider that knew it -v.,.- impossible T o please jll. W"hdt. mutt be done va;- an enacarour to -.»ri i- the ;nt»r<»iti? ai -.«.?;] a.-, possible. "\Ve m th;* r.-im-try. 'hr said, "'mutr realise "ha if there to be a policy of fjet 7 rams, tuc-.-tniins cannot s-t.r.p every i> v .'bam.-, -'• L.-I speak. As fax a-, "th" j:rjdr = !in 1 : curves will ailow \rp are going :■> -prr.i up o-.r trains, hut \ou niucl aot <-=; ;.- '< to increase ;jp number of .'.toppacr.-.. A.- ! to putnng "n ex"r.i irain? on i h< , secLinu beyond Helens.vi]>, [ir Ln<tar:vr. 1 dm quite wiling to anrdnau , traljjr \<hPTP thiTf 3 a posubiliry of .n early dovfOnp.iriec-, in the irafri- .-. h. -b win warrant it. Bat tn pat on a tra:ii tniv ply to :.u.l the people of this or thaL !o . •■aKfy anrf which would invn)i-r a big lo.>-s t" the Department, that i ; . qiiitc impo=i-.-ible. I v.-onJd that you ron fer with Mr. ■Ronayrie and Mr. Boivlr,, ?nd we can then eec iv'jj; ran h' , ar-ran-^ed."

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