RAILWAY REFORM.
j [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Hamilton, Tuesday. A weighty and influential meeting of the New Zealand Railway Reform League was hold to-day at the Hamilton Borough Council chambers. The Chairman of the League, Mr. W. A. Graham, presided. Two resolutions were passed unanimously, tho first protesting against the appointment of Mr. J. P. Maxwell on the New Zealand Railway Commission on the ground, amongst others, that during Mr. Maxwell's tenure of office the management had been most unsatisfactory, as admitted by the commission of inquiry granted by Parliament in tho session of lSSti. A second resolution was passed, also unanimously, "That the League is of opinion that notwithstanding the faults of management referred to in the previous resolution, a radical change is imperative in the railway policy of the colony, and urges on the Government to have the matter thoroughly discussed next session in Parliament, and definitely decided whether the railways shall be worked on the principle of advancing settlement, or, as at present, as a means of raising revenue." The secretary was instructed to forward copies of the resolutions to the Minister of Public Works.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9013, 28 March 1888, Page 5
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