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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18915, 2 February 1927, Page 8

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AND LYT TELTOji; : }^^^S CHEAPER RAILWAY kM^^S "We believe that Diefe! mean a tremendous country a , ul „ui roads; so wo arc. going ti^^O^^ 1 prefaced ffaddw* JJ dealt principally this type ot ton line, but include benefit he considered their adoption on ertririßKSißßOT in the Dominion. Ba proposed electrification (HttCTLMrMI ton line, for which the 6mJsjC?!Ms?,i@ called tenders, would be it could not be extended .ranßijaMrl J ton and Christchurch, other outlying district* much need of a cheaper au& jSffiSyLiglNfl cient service. He contended trification would make efficient. In handling maj3Efifj|lS|flH tho port to - Hornby there «|SuPBaHI two changes-over, steam, tricity, then steam again. «migLwffl| had had any experience bft||*fnggß!i tunnel knew the length of yjjjffljß^fa Progress League does not WctSH|BJ| butt in on the Lyttelton M*3b|HKBB has recently electrified htjjJßfflKl and she has also called for WißnHi pull her out of her fliivUiUH ties. Diesel engines gftpttWaHßi own power, whereas the wriwßHß| overhead electrification is ffimß Lake Coleridge. People thjJwiHwK cause it's hyaro-electricHy cost nothing. We've run iHHif mainly stationary po want in the world to-day JHEK& Mr Walker estimated thaAJJHBLIg engines would cost only MMMBma fuel if used over the KwrcHHE railroads, whereas the bill HHMMM tho present was £750.000. BffißWl repairs £500,000. If iMbgniHl on all the railroads he tho freight oharges corid JMMHHH *"\V© don't want to dominate this nattar,'H|!sHwHH the speaker, "the people 6f!4j|HHH| suburban districts jnftMMKHM right to an opinion. TliQ JPJMWWW of the place did not kiof|gn|HH about Diesel engines when jpfflflHHH came forward, so they didWraHjjMM our of electrification. I'tWIH«|MH we shall have to tab fKMffiEHB from Parliament. The of parliament has not toe VJumjgSßi deal with railway problems, aM]§gl|§§| not tho wit. The »flwijtMfWflHßl under one man, and tw; MffilHßnH should be cruite wmaratt:>aWß^|^H Mr Walker concluded Ifraf|H§|JH inviting the Association ffjrflMnH public meeting which WImM due coarse, and that they would support .wJHOiaBH gine scheme when th» wfflSJjfflPP^HSß