DOMINION'S TRANSPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19778, 27 October 1927, Page 10

DOMINION'S TRANSPORT.

INQUIRIES INTO PROBLEM. PRELIMINARY STEPS TAKEN. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. . Reference was made by the Prime Minister, Mr. Coates, to-day to the institution of preliminary inquiries into the transport systems of the Dominion. He said a small departrrysntal sub-committee had been investigating the information at present available, but more detail as to the actual position to-day was required before the question could be reviewed as a whole. He was accordingly arranging for the compilation of the necessary facts and figures by the Public Works, Post and Telegraph, Railway and Marine Departments (the principal departments of State concerned in transport), and also the Government Statistician, who will obtain tho necessary particulars of tho part played in the country's transport by the motor vehicle. .When the information is available, the Prime Minister hopes to arrange for its consideration from every aspect in order to enable the Government to consider the question of transport from a national aspect. Mr. Coates said ho did not wish it to be understood tho Government had any definite intentions in this connection at present. All that is at present decided is to analyse the position to the fullest possible extent and then, after tho most earefui consideration, to take what steps are considered desirable in the interest of the country as a whole.