RAILWAY COMMISSION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18887, 9 December 1924, Page 8

RAILWAY COMMISSION.

INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED,

REPORT EXPECTED THIS WEEK.

[BY TELECnAriI. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]

WELLINGTON. Monday, j j Sir Vine ait Raven and Sir Sam Fay, j i the British -Railway Commissioners, have j | concluded their investigations into the j | administration of the New Zealand Rail- | | ways and they are now preparing their j report. It is expected that it will be j |in the hands of the Government by j { Thursday or Friday of this week. j j Sir Sam Fay and Sir Vincent Raven j j will leave Wellington by the I liiuaroa i ion Friday for Sydney. The first-named • will sail for England from Sydney on j January 3,. but it is Sir Vincent Raven's ! ! intention to make a short stay in Au>- . | tralia, leaving for England by the Orvieto | I on February 25. j .Mr. C. Travis, secretary to the com- : I mission, will remain in New Zealand j I until December 18, . when ho will sail , from Auckland for Sydney by the Ma- j he.no. As a journalist connected with ; railway publications, and the author of < I works on railway administration, Mr I j Travis intends to make a toui of thu , ; Australian railways. He will leave Syd- J | sey bv the Makura lor Vancouver on 1 February 12 and will tour Canadian and ; United - States railways before leaving the | American continent for England. j