Wellington-Manawatu Railway.
(Per Press Association.) Wellingtov, Sept -tuber 20. A deputation waited on Sir J. Ward to-day to complain abaut this inefficiency of ibe suburban trallioon the Mann-.va.-u railway. Sir Joseph "Ward promised to try to innuco tho company to improve tbe service, but p inted out tint he could not cqinpel it to run mora, trains, n 3 ihe cotnoany had au undoubted rich', to tuan-iga its own business iv trie iste.'eitl of shareholders, If Govormaeut had the] line it would immediately provkla the service n«l;ed for. Sir Josppb Ward wont on to say be had b-en strongly in favour of the Government having running rights over the Manawacu lice, so as to bo able to run through to New Plymouth. He had beon urging that for some time, and hoped tbey could arrive at on agreement to bring it about. If it was arranged it would give an iaereoscd service to New PlymouUi, arid certainly to Palmerston. He was trying to arrange an agreement that would rnako tho set: viod on the lino a very much better ono than it was vow. He hoped the company would see it was to its tvdvantago to come to a fair arrangement,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7405, 22 September 1902, Page 2
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201Wellington-Manawatu Railway. Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7405, 22 September 1902, Page 2
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