THE RAILWAY SERVICE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14227, 15 December 1911, Page 9

THE RAILWAY SERVICE.

IMPORTANT REFORMS.

(SPECIAI, TO <r THE PKESS.") DUNEDIN, December 14. ; L Somo important railway reforms were i forcshadowixl by tho Hon. J. A. Millar >at his meeting, last night. He menI tioned that instructions had already been given to fit , the second-class carR.u nages with the cross seats now in use t'l <7 n lj tno first-class.carriages, and to prof;. , vide separate conveniences for females. C- V* " n ' as prepared .to exempt all chil- ; ; ( -.dren under five years of ago from pay~,y itnent of fares, and to favourably con-' ;*. wder the matter of half fares between ': l live and twelve years, but he could not ■ t »c his way to give tho police the bene■t - fit of free losses, though ho would ex- '• 1 it P ririle Sos of a first-class pass i -. to all railwaymoti who have been in i> the employ of tho State for twenty ;, years and oror; Tho list of persons enw, titled tc free passes was sufficiently heavy already, and he wished the tax- ,. payer to understand clearly that if the '~ ■ railways wero meant to pay their way, '>♦ * must bo >'assisted in. resisting der- inands of thw nature. He was deter- % X mined th:it the users of the railways, r and not the general taxpayer, should pay equitably for the privileges they ', enjoyed.