NEW RAILWAY POLICY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17451, 11 May 1922, Page 7

NEW RAILWAY POLICY.

jfitEMEHT BT PRIME MIN'STEH

, T0 "iHE VRESS. ) FEILDLMi, May 10. ; , t i, P details of the new rail- . So® 6 .? 0 f the Government wen. , b \ tilding tv-uTght. ''>otlni)t, new «>unt>; ■ Zuhl have satisfactory ■ with the other cuim-, v&fH „orld. As to our railway,. ni of dissatisfaction with ; tt» 0 f working) and an en- * being made by the Ac t- j * r soer o( Kaiiways and lh« U.-n-1 &to bring about a n.u , 'tlw state of affairs A certain has been made, but ; • 6°«* ' tal in* joard of Experts. • • »oiulc(l to alter the present "'llent procedure by tho setting fSard of expert railway men, j •P -rt of representatives or tlia: M £ lkDßrtm«nt, the Maintenance ft# , nn d the Ivocoinotivc Da- , "to assist the General Manaarfluous tasks which he has j IP , nis also intended to appoint ; "Kis agent for tho iNorth Jsland j 1 i South Island, one lor eacn ? d ft! Sr with the users of tho ilw d i to T 3 "' ftv havo grievances to d"?* *5 improvements to suggest. *t h VI Sible and desirable to feffit to%«e ideas it will bo the Sio/ofthe Department t 0 see ttat pey are carried ' tjrhe.iTwJff' < , i fiiumwil considerations niaKe d,b luS to do as much as il T,tf u£ to do in this respect. bo r rr d - K a number/ Ranees reductions ftreight^^ „ Motor CoDjWtltion. "Motor tra®o& competing, very - Iv iritfi railways m those disi 1 ih» Dominion where roads are anit tiere is no doubt that motov ! Zt toSto W- An effort will to proride feeden to the railways, rather than to kilo* it to go on coming into competition inth them- In some 'pases arrmgeoento mey be made tor the Rai 1tir Department to run its own motors to/the parpfil#; of collecting and dehvBiag gMdi. .

Increased' Expenses. "Tiioogh thefcfc necessary reforms will w mp_ little time to come into full djct, tie' 'Government is _ determined tbt Do effort shall be wanting to make ill nil ways more useful to ,the .people own them. There is no branch of that has felt the dethan, the railway, service, dffl Ijfi account of the reduoed voloffering, but also on WtflPfitbe fact that everything renfois"ilie Railway Department rose Misslj in cost. Coal, oil, canvas, (tfjjmm&terial, and wages, all. cost M«tjsdeal more now than they did war. The consequence is * 8 barely P a y )tj s ] hiiijffttlttoertainly not paying anyrate of interest which ffi'twaiSftißW is expected. .New Zealand, lp»Wss not the only country f n . been- made on the rwTmvi.'J'iave here some figures »iidrWW-<lie losses that have been judaicttyComraonwealth and State. itOinnivofiAurtraHa during the year £736)666, New -South tiles'£s77,oß&.* Queensland- £1,739,ffc SotfiAuatjr&Ua £561,304, West iljtr»ti»> ! 'fitiß,B7o, Tasmania £81,907, OoßuabnvMddi *>455,199,,a total for the of £4,569,843. Supply. ' flifill be noticed that there has been • very heavy exponmtSifa&toi the railways., I may on one occasion pas* (iwiKtttoeflfcid to be practically cut not sufficient coal ihe wiifis hiiining. After tliat of jnhm a the last shovelful. Bui causing serious Government; of.■ ooal as freezing for the siiprt^'' Centres. At' the WMW«M|lr' the Government matters .in this . Manager was ' supply of cool ! the railways running the event of oiihor This was the coal was obtained prioe pnid for it BPfeffliPftaipn. In considering the hfl9 # to bi> taken and it has been <oal at this price is iKW** thin New-South adSV»Sifi" 'New Zealand, coal «it ,>The oontract for the ooiJ has come to an a 7 , I , a yg9 supply of . I shall be very glad, supplies for our own purposes are 2 fr* . *the country. 1 tftSSfw. outside of the cotra-