DISMAL DISAPPOINTMENT.
OTAGO TOURIST LI E. /"S " - TRAINS FA TO PAY. : §§j| [BX TELEGRAPH. ASSOCUTIOiejf f', ; DUNE DIN". Monday.; A' deputation from the Otago "Erpia* f. eion League to-day; asked the Minister foi} w. Railways, the Hon. J. G. Coates, for an J ; 1 ) encouragement of the tourist traffic -to Wakatipu by means of week-end excur- ' rates from the first Saturday to tha '* first Wednesday in each month after lis tourist season is over. ~'§M - The General Manager of Railways Mn. R. W. McVilly, stated that the cepwt* ment had tried its utmost to ' traffic on this line, wjth the result tittv it had 'had a. dismal disappointment. 1 Bs . ; oould not justify continuation of aa arrangement which had resulted in loss. W.' The Minister stated that he and Mr* McVilly were going over all the . New Zealand linea to come to a decision regard* ing deviations, duplications, tion, etc. _ There were great difficulties. The running costs had risen from 4s Mip per mile to 13s, 2d. \ r .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18631, 12 February 1924, Page 6
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