“COMING INTO THEIR OWN”

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1929, Page 2

“COMING INTO THEIR OWN”

RAILWAYS MANAGER CONFIDENT.

Auckland, July 21.

“I am confident the railways are once more coming into their own,” said Mi. H. H. Sterling, General Manager of the Railways, in an address" at the Commercial Travellers’ Club last night. I do not say that in antagonism to other forms of transport, but I do feel that the position of the railways in this, as in many other countries, has been largely subject to misunderstanding.” Mr. Sterling said that while the railway accounts had shown an improvement this year, he did not think they should be judged entirely by that standard. He was inclined rather to judge the effectiveness of the system by the measure of satisfaction it gave to the people. In that respect, he considered, an advance had been made during the year. Service to the public could not be shown in terms of money;' The department was now operating' under a new administrative policy and Mr. Sterling apealed for a chance? for the new system to prove Itself, The railways were a national institution, and, as such, had to operate for the benefit of the country. This was the policy he always followed,. ■ .