RAILWAY PROGRESS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 10 November 1926, Page 5

RAILWAY PROGRESS.

THE, ADVISORY BOARDS. DISCUSSED BY MANUFACTURERS. CBY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. Nov. 9. A report was presented to the Wellington: Manufacturers’ Association, upon the move to establish railway district advisory boards. The chairman, Mr F. Campbell, said it was an effort to interest the users of the railways in the- railways. It would have to be carefully watched to see if it was not a matter of creating more organisation. There were quite enough organisations in New Zealand without giving birth to more. The new body would receive suggestions or complaints from bodies such as theirs or the Federation of Employers, who would meet the 1 committee with a representative of the Railway Department present to render the railway point of view. A committee or advisory board of twenty members were to be nominated, with power to add, and associations were asked to send delegates. Mr A. Seed: “I foresee that it will be a lot of work for a few willing work ers for nothing. New Zealand has been suffering for .some time from overbureaucracy, and departments have been inclined to run the country. This boar.d i.s a step in the right direction. In asking for the assistance of citizens and commercial bodies it is against the bureaucratic methods adopted by many other departments.” The chairman said there might be a day of the month set aside oil which manufacturers could meet the heads of the department. He liked the idea, but it was a rather cumbersome way. If the manufacturers had a grievance, they would discuss it in .their association. and_ then go to the railway transport committee. It was left to the chairman and secretary to arrange for a delegate to join the proposed board.