RAILWAY TIME-TABLE

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23587, 14 March 1942, Page 6

RAILWAY TIME-TABLE

♦ I (Sundays excepted unless otherwise i stated.) Express Trains Leave Christchurch For Invercargill, 8.35 a.m. daily (except Monday): 11.2 p.m. Sunday (connects with Invercargill tram at Dune Dunedin, 8.35 a.m. dally; 12.25 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, 11.2 p.m. Sunday. For Tlmaru, 12.25 p.m. Saturday. For Greymouth and Hokitika, 2.20 a.m. dally; 10.0 a.m. Monday. Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday. For Hundalec, 8.30 a.m. daily Passenger train leaves Christchurch tor Lyttelton Wharf at 7.10 p.m. (Monday. Wednesday, Friday). Express Trains Arrive Christchurch From Invercargill 7.18 a.m. Monday: 6.35 p.m. oaily (except Monday). From Dunedin,. 7.18 a.m Monday; 5.10 p.m. Monday Wednesday. Friday: 6.35 p.m. dally (except Monday) From Greymouth and Hokitika, 6.0 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday: 10.23 p,m. daily. From Hundalee, 5.51 p.m. daily Chrlstchurch-Tlmaru Sunday Trains Leave Christchurch for Timaru 7,50 a.m., 9.0 a.m., and 5.50 p.m. Arrive Christchurch from Timaru. 11.13 a.m. 8.23 p.m., and 8.55 pm. "I think it is safe to say that the greatest perplexity facing the industry now is to find the production to meet the demand for emergency purposes,” eaid Mr A. J. Seed, secretary of the Dominion Federated Sawmillers’ Association, this week, when he stated that mills were working at their highest possible capacity, having relation to the reduced manpower available. Timber was still being exported in reduced quantities. Though domestic requirements needed the whole cut available, there had remained an exportable surplus because of the insufficiency of coastal shipping in New Zealand to distribute the timber. The greater preparation of the timber taken, including a large amount required for the packing of goods being sent to the Forces overseas, was for the North Island. The position was not so acute in the South Island, where a marked falling-off in building activities had lessened the domestic demand. Present regulations virtually prohibited the establishment of new mills, because it simply meant taking manpower from those already in operation. National Service Department figures in November last showed mat 1331 men had been withdrawn from the timber industry for service with the Armed Forces.