CHANGES-AND GREAT ONES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1438, 13 May 1912, Page 4

CHANGES-AND GREAT ONES.

PENDING IN IUILWAYS. (By Telegraph.—Press Ajsoclatlan.) Christchurch, May 12, A deputation from representatives of | shipowners waited on the Hon. A. Myers, 'Minister for Railways, on Saturday, to ! complain re shortage of trucks at Lytteiton, and the consequent delay in geiting ships unloaded. 'i'ho Minister,, in reply, said that it was rather painful for him to listen to' what had been said. He fully sympathised with tho speakers. Ho, for one, would not be a party \>o any policy which produced such apparently unsatisfactory results as were disclosed. lt<\ras quite apparent to him that the difliculty would have to bo rectified. Tho deputation wero there as seriotiß business men, intent on pushing their business, and tho ltailwny Department, on their part, had a, duty to perform to see that business was expedited as much as possible. It w«s finite apparent to him that, owinj to_ the growing traffic, tho railway facilities would have to bo improved, so far as Lyt(clton was concerned. It was intended to appoint, two traffic superintendents, one for (he North Island and one for tho South. That would be dons very shortly, nnti one of the first duties of tho South Island superintendent would Ire to make «iu exhaustive report as to the position of affairs at I.yttolion, for it was quite clear that tho present portion was an untenable one from both points of view—the shipowners' and the Depart-, incut's. ' He had already mentioned a programme for building of extra trucks, but, if the number orijiinnlly fixed should have to be doubled or trebled, be was prepared to make a recommendation to that effect. If anything, he wanted to be a little ahead of the traffic with rollingstock, not iiehind it.