MAIN TRUNK LINE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2913, 12 January 1910, Page 26

MAIN TRUNK LINE.

(Feoai Our Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, January 7.

Speaking to a Herald reporter in regard to the discontinuance of the second express between Auckland and Wellington, the Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for Railways, said that it had been the intention at first to put the extra, train on for three months, but it had been found to be unnecessary, as only on three occasions had it carried anything like a payable load. The holiday season was over now, and it was not intended to continue running a train for which there was no public demand. It had not affected the ordinary train, because the holiday season was on, and the ordinary train would probably have needed two engines to carry it through had it not been for the second express. Asked if there was any probability of the train being reinstated in the near future, Mr Millar ' said that the only occasion on which, it would be required for many years to come would be at holiday time when the traffic would be above the normal. It was thought, however, that the train would have been patronised better than it was. The people for the most part did not seem to have any desire to take advantage of it.