RAILWAY RESTRICTIONS.
[Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, August 5. As the result of a visit by Mr C. A. Piper, Assistant Traffic Manager ’ for New Zealand, it is understood that arrangements have been made to carry on the railway dairy cowS and the most urgent material for the dairy industry. Additional tonnage will be accepted from day to day as circumstances permit, subject to there being room on the trains now running.
GOVERNMENT ATTACKED. [Per Press Association.] HAMILTON, August 5, A crowded meeting discussed the railway restrictions, profiteering, etc. Ihe Government was strongly censured for its failure to meet the positionMr Ewen M’Gregor, the principal speaker, said that Taupiri coal was suitable for locomotives and there was plenty of it available to give a full service. The opinion was expressed that there was more behind the position than the coal shortage. A resolution was passed calling upon the Government to resign, owing to the mismanagement of the past five years. The railway restrictions are causing much unemployment. “
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12711, 5 August 1919, Page 6
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