COAL AND THE RAILWAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 197, 20 August 1919, Page 5

COAL AND THE RAILWAYS.

NO PKOSPECT OF MORE TRAINS GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHILDREN HELD L'L'. A VACATION IN AUCKLAND. The railway restrictions continue to present ditHciilt proUleuw for all sections of the community -as well us for tiie rnihvay oltk<iab who are faced with the tusk of ireniniiiig a quart into a pint lat in the matter of the demands upon the tratlic facilities. A recent tele-ram from WVUilHftiHl in dicatinj! that the i-oel situation has been i 1...1.1 ..... .i,.. i, , tH.it smile' ad-

eased held out the hope Hint some 'Wditionai trains mipht be added t<> the timetable in the near future, but inquiry of the Ux-al trallic olliee this luuraing -howed that at present no variation ol the preeeut airangcment.s are ttMitcinThe Diatrkt Tratlio Manager .■xprcL-scl the opinion that possibly the hope ol .some increase in the number of trains resulted fr-oiu the more promising position, when it was apparent hist week that the maritime strike in Australi.i \v-<i, about to end. Since then events .had changed for the wxwrats, ajul there wa* no immediate praeperl of a greater wwl supply from Australia, added t,. which thu llr-cal iMJwitioii h.is Ik'wiiw slightly more embarrassed by the sU>i>page of thy I'aupiri mine, from" which a portion of the railway supply was drawn. KQL'ITAISLK METHODS. DUciwsing the position generally, the Trallic Manager pointed out that the ■ Uepartiuvnt uuh doing its utmoet to art , equitably by all ciiinmercial. farming and ~i\,.;- ;,,"t..ri,»t,. «N.I with that o!>jc«-t in

other interest*, ami With that obje,-t in v-iew. it h-j.l pursvicd a polivy of iv.-ting tJirough trustworthy and rc|ircsciit:itive airencie, rather lhai'i attempting U< deal with individual ci.c- on their merits. In regard t»> the powitimi of returned solditM-s. various complaints hud been n-,-eived or made public through the news-|wil«-rs. but. here again, the position of the Department v\as that it had to rely upon the only authoritative reference H had, namely, the Crown Land* Commissioners. Tje returnml s.vl\Lifi-.s were nearly all I'rown tenants. K\«ry endeavour wju, being made by the Department to see tha-t tliv returned soldiert* sullerexl no real hardships an the result of the r.-strit-t. 1 services, .mil immedi titcly the 1-ands DepurtlUMit intimated thwt goods were esseiituU. thy iie.esnary authority for lorwariluig- them nan Ls.-ued. In like manner, the ttrratigt- ,- mcnl. now i-ntered into by whicii :l .-ommittve of biwinetw men wsis dfUrmining matters in ivnnevtiou with commercial tnifliu was nio.-»t t*u.ti»fai - tory UMic.hint-ry for liwiding the rehutive urgency oi the many clauiks put forward. UttAMMAK SCHOOL SCHOLARS.

UIV.I.U.VLAK SA.IIV/UU >l. lllll..u«. Despite tile ropreycirUitiorus made to the Department with regard to the hard ' ships Uiat will be involved by il> decision not u< i-su,- permit* to bourdrr* at public .st-]i<ool>. the attitude ol the ru.ll- . may authorities in mi. rwpe.-t U tincluingvd. v "St-ar" reporter learned thi.iiiionung. The Kailway Department hoMs that it permits are i-«ued to tinchildren of the public schools who desire to go to their hoinro for the vacation a considerable inoreiuw in th» number «>i ctuiehes will be nveettsary, to the detri--1 in. lit •<! t!ic carriage i>( c~-cMti.d (finnl.-.. Tin- position at the present time i< ' that the vacations <if tho Hoys' and 1 (JirW <irainiuar Schools eomineiu-e on J Fridai next, and, dt-spite the eCort.- ---' maile by the school authorities, in <■" ■' vpcratkm with the paj-ent.<. to gci tin , 1 home by other means, tliere will r still be a Lvrgv nuiiilwr ol eiiildreu whe 1 will Ih> unable to return v> their home.- ---•' for the holidays, aiul will be ' to remain in Auckland. Mr. Tihbs, Uif p principal of tlic Boye' f! ram mar S.IIIOOI t s-tatc<| tliis morning trait he »as hope 1 ful oJ getting inoet of the hoya away b ThuHs living in the Bay uf I'leiuy am v the North would he able to leave In

steamer, while the boys from the Northern Wniroa di>tri<-t wore making arrangements to p> to Waitakej-e by train and walk from there, to Helensv'ille to catch the Northern Wairoa steamer. The.re were special difficulties in the way v of the boyn living «long the .Main Trunk y line getting home, but in one <xise ar-ranireiiu-nt.s had Ix'on made for a boy to j go by sli-anicr from One-hunga to Raglan. rt and thence by motor oar to Uip Waikato. ;l Mr. Tiblw ewtimatew th;it <-\-vn if per;l .nits had b.-.-ii issued t.. the whole of the rt bo\-s who required to travel by train a--* c the sJiort<-.-rt and c(uieke*t way of st-ttinj; .. hi>m« it TOlid mrt have heem neee!*arv for the Kjulnuy Department to iswuo " more, than SO permits. c CASH OK THE <URU=. Tin- pupils of the Girls' (iraminar ■• s St-hooU itre lal»ouring under a, still '■ greater luilidicap, iiuisinuch an the CS(t pedientd to which the boys nrc pre|wred ,c tx> lesoft are not practicable in the i- «is<: of th« girls. Miss Butler, tho J' principal of the sclio.il. stated tihis morn- *' ing thilt despite the representations "' made to the Minister, no further oon>f sideiratron had be<>n extended to the •f s,'irl boarder*. At present, pxwpt for Uic '1. yii-U who had been able to make aril ' nungemeuts to gi"t home by car. the only ■d pupils who would Ik. able to travel by '<• rail were th.oso in riti|xot of whom

mvdinU<-ertiiicute* could I><- i-Mied. Soma of the girls ri'.-idinjf in the Northern Wa.iroii were beim.' motored 'through to HelensviHe. The school authorities were making every effort to get the girls home by private conveyance, :unl the numlxT held up in Auckland was being reduced even- day. Only between -10 ■utd .!') permits wmiUl now be required to git tho remainder of Ibo jrirls home and n)ie was -still hopeful that the r«ilwiav authorities would bo able to nice', them.