ABOUT LOCOMOTIVES
SIR JOSEPH WARD AND IMPORTATIONS. During the recent by-election campaign in Dunedin Central Sir Joseph Ward (according to a report in the Opposition Prehs) said that when he became Minister of Railways he inaugurated the policy of building all locomotives locally. The records show that the local-industry policy was projected by Mr. Seddon some years before bir Joseph became Minister of Railways. Tho following figures are taken from the Railway Statements :- Sir Joseph Ward as Minister.
, Averages of locomotives built per year in Now Zealand under successive Minlisters of Railways;— Ward, 6 4-7; HallJones, 7i; Millar, 15§; llerries (24 years), j wU. , ?, or . the y ear 19] -5 the number to be built m New Zealand is 24.
v Locomotives Locomotives car built in N.Z. imported. 1900 :.. 4 10 1901 I . *2 1902 2 57 1903 8 0 1904 5 2 1905 ,„ ig g 1906 ... -. I. 1 J Total 39 67. Mrs. Hall>Jones as Minister. 1907 3 0 Total 15 0 Mr. Millar as Minister. 19?9 20 o 1910 13 n 19U ~, ' ..14 0 Total ... 37 Mr. Herrios as Minister. 1912 . . , 14 n 1913 . . . 20 n 1914 22 8 Total 56 "~o
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 33, 9 February 1915, Page 2
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194ABOUT LOCOMOTIVES Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 33, 9 February 1915, Page 2
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