ARE THEY PAYING?

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 227, 25 September 1930, Page 8

ARE THEY PAYING?

ROTORUA DE LUXE EXPRESSES MINISTER OPTIMISTIC. (By Telegraph.—l'arliniiientary Reporter.) . WELLINGTON, Wednesday. No information is yet available as to whether the Aueklaud-Rotorua de luxe expresses are proving a' payable proposition.'' ; Inquiry on the matter was again' made in the House to-day by Mr. W. L. Martin (Labour, Raglan), who asked also whether consideration had been given the suggestion tLat the Rotorua train on the up journey to Auckland should stop at Huntly. The Hon. W. A. Veitch, Minister of Railways. ■ replied that "the train had been running only during , the winter months, and he was not quite '.sure how it was liguring out. . lie thought there was every reason to hbpe, however, that it would turn out all; right. There .was every reason for optimism, and-, to* look forward to the prospect of a fairly-good tourist business in the. summer. , That Was the purpose of the train. . ' i ' • . The ,Minister intimated, that the question of the stop at Huntly would be taken into- consideration when the timetable came up for review and. after the new station and yard at Auckland were working. There was to be no. general revision of stops. Mr. Veitch said, in reply to an interjection by Mr. J. A. Nash- (Palruerston). He did not know when the-next revision of time-tables "would take place.