MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 257, 23 July 1908, Page 9

MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.

THE. TIME-TABLE. ~ a difficult: rr A lengthy reply was .givoiuby.utho Minis-., tor for Railways i in Parliament: ycsterdajr'lto •Mr." A. ICidd (Auckland) tTiiidtablo of the North : Tr.unk" trainjs. . . ' .• "'"'L-^ "Tho North Island Main:? Trun- Baiiway was constructed forthe<!purpose , >of".providing" the quickest and most nieans' r of cpmi<munication for' the Minister)" "and I/. do r ; not/ consider tfiit such itaportaut-: interests' Should": bd. ! suljord|.natod (to. those,'.'of to ii rikts. I' a AVli ilo ■ 'iliis' lino was nn&r :^nstractlo^^^^hfflqe|e3''». work. of'na,tioiial importance,: it is but fitting, that its' oVorations. v shoulg l bo arranged, on tho..basis/of/prdvidlrig''tho' best possiblo, service ' f 'fRaDominion as a whole. ~ ,T}ig, timetable iu-' dicated in tho Railwaysstatement rncets requirement'. In arranging,'® Wrouchvfoniv noy;'of;,somo 990 miles:it"js'.'inwitable-tlia£ all'.- the. localities cannot liay,<^,tho.,parti]gwar" 'time-table they desire^-and,,...already: stated, the; service has been arranged-.io pro-V vide the l quickest and aiciho same timo, -tho • most; convenient and coij.l fortajblq .s r *foi*, ■ -the people as a whole. t nieet suggest .tion that tlie train sliould',loavp;vfc s' most point in the considerable, discomfort'ib T gers by reason of ...the 'fas; tJiaVtliwAyduld-' arrive in Wellington .abouVmidhigb't' after" having had nearly Assuming that a 1 .connection wputd bo made that night, tftfe.vr • eolfid^jlUt ll Ibiivd' Wellington before 1.30 ■of -2- a^i-parVunhg^ai? 7 Lyttcltoii • about 2 p.mV tlie saW day,-Dun-" 7 edin at 11 p.m., and ' .IWel-elr^illMahout 4 4 r o clock the following m'6lMftgl''fl'h%.^lu , 6"ugH'journey under such xonditions )^espccia : lly' , 'ih view of the fact •sCa' trip - of ten to twelve uii:' comfortable, while tihietablo passengers can at night' sleep ■ in comfort on tlip»9bjaiiv ill cars fitted tor the purpose, liavb-'fiilF'sleeping-tinie- on tho steamer journey be.tfvffiiYsWollingtoh and Lyttelton, and arrivo-'Hte tlici'r-destination at a reasonablo hour: Moreover, to earn" but the suggestion of leavihg-Auckland'io-tho l • •morning instead of in the l evening 'would 1 necessitate two separate* 0 lj& ! 1 t« T oon Wellington aiid Eyttoltoiiß* l'f fs to'lfif ' remembered tha.t a largfr porfiori'of'-tliiyiraW' : no comes from busines&^SSplC f &i: iKWffint# - ton and Cliristchurcli /ablo^tb^aCtdncl 1 to tlioir business through* tHiVbl-' at night, and tho additional.expense of-p'ro- - viding a separate steaMi; 'service'"wpulcf bp 1 quite unwarranted. 'Tdfiji&lis-'ajftf'S'isitolV' ' will have full. opportuni6y^of ; %reaking' ,; theit' ; journey and taking 6theMrMnsllkfc^fl E W ! ' available for seeing tb? r> ?4%riifl4eix¥;Sciie# on tho Main Trunk ! roiitof" % ?<"} _ (b* rzLEOßirn. —si j i:ciai. cor ? .p.nsro\i>K\"T0 '-i : ChflstchuVcft, 1 July-'22l • • Tho 'Tress" jibes at. the AueHaffiT ' .aid. • for its attitude •' timo table. "Our northvTn'''C'6utoirip , di'at'y ) J:> 'it'' ' says, "would like the ; leav.o Auckland at 10-s*fiivyt s6- i as"t*o~G|ivo Auckland residents a whole day in which to do business in Wellington', ff.tho I ,'second commercial city in tho Dominion,' as "it pat- [ ronisingly remarks froi3 B its M Wftho« ! n n 'omin- ' | enco, and return at I emporium of tho. Dominion,' *"' : and tJie'only.'' placo in New Zealand" winch'' iff evidently" ' thinks worthy of consideration: in the ! mattdr We do not think that tllB l o'bsct''ftitK'>wlnoii tho Dominion, as a whW. ; haS7iinijnHsQm& ' thing approaching a couple, of nnilions 'ster-P 1 ling on, tho Main Trunk .Railway,'was "merely 1: J to enable tho Auckland I 're'MdMts'to.' day occasionally in •'WoJljligtph'''fp'r" th67 p,ui>'' ■' pose of comparing its inferiority "as u a :'c6m-' mercial centre with tho uneguallod attractions- 1 and business tlfti' lloVthern ci'ty' 1 The . Slain Tronic line, rJ both' for" bails' -and I ' : ' passengers, must bo regarded'as $& '.infegraf ■' part of tho national sy'Sto£h~of" railways' "from '' north to south, not mcrW'nVa'%arich l 'lino : < between Auckland and 1 ' structed principally to :6uit-the-whim or tho * convonienco of 'Wo bono the Government will;holtl-.finh ttf.its-iprcseiit '' arrangement, despite alLthoisAuckland bluff' 1 and bluster." '• , jr.,-) r .\; s