RAILWAY SERVICES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17727, 11 September 1919, Page 4

RAILWAY SERVICES

-<a. NEW TIME-TABLE NEXT WEEK. DAYS FOR RUNNING EXPRESSES. RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVELLING RETAINED. The local railway authorities have re- i ceived advice from "Wellington with regard to the following new train services ■— An express will leave Auckland for Wellington on Mondays and Wednesdays, and Wellington for Auckland on"Tuesdays and Fridays. A through train will leave Auckland for Rotorua on Thursdays and Saturdays, and one from Rotorua to Auckland on Mondays and Wednesdays. From Wellington to New Plymouth trains will leave en lucsdavs and Thursdays, and from Now Plymouth to Wellington on Mondays end Fridays. A connecting train to and from Napier will leave Wellington for Woodville on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Woodville for Wellington on Mondays and Fridays. The following are the arrangements for the South Island:—From Dunedin to Christchurch on Tuesdays - and Thursdays, and from Ghristchurch to Dunedin on Wednesdays and Fridays. From Invercargill to Dunedin on Mondays and Wednesdays, and from Dunedin to Invercargill on Thursdays and Saturdays. The new services will commence next week, and the trains will still be restricted to one-engine loads. The permit to travel system will still bo in operation, and pre-

fercnce will be given to long-distance passengers. THE GOVERNMENT CRITICISED. DR THACKER'S SUGGESTION. MAKE MR M'VILLY RAILWAY DICTATOR. (Fbom Otjb Owji Cobeespondt.xt.l CHRISTCHURCH, September 10. Dr Thacker expressed his opinion that the full train service right throughout both islands could again be brought "into operation if things were worked properly. I would make Mr M'Villy railway dictator." he said, "and out out the Ministerial heads altogether. The whole system would then bo reconstructed. There is no trouble about coal stocks. Th 0 City Council is getting all the coal it wants from the West Coast. In addition to an adequate service between Dunodin nnd Christchurch and Timani and Christ-church, expresses should be running right on to- Lrvercargill. There were 15 special trains to Lyttelton on Monday, and 20 on Sunday, showing that tho department will move- if it is pushed. Mr H. J. Marriner. chairman, of the Railway Committee of tho Chamber of Commerce, points out that before the war the Government had it in view that all express trains should start earlier, so as to give a quicker route to Dunedin and Invercargill in the case of the South Island, and allow passengers to land in Dunodin, go about their business, and return next day. It is to be hoped that tho Government will rise to tho occasion, and assist in restoring adequate trade facilities immediately.