ROADS OR RAILWAYS.
EFFECT OF COMPETITION. Competition between the railways and motor transport, was referred to by the Hon. .T. G. Coates in the course of a reply to a. deputation at Oulvcrden concerning railway facilities, He said he believpd that in some cases it wc«rV pay to scrap branch lines and turn atSntiort to the roads There were lino,s—taking the rend and railway—which were commercially and economically unsound. The two might go on cutting each other's throats until each was nearly bankrupt and neither was giving what was required. Therefore it would be better with one good service.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18548, 5 November 1923, Page 8
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99ROADS OR RAILWAYS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18548, 5 November 1923, Page 8
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