RAILWAY SERVICE.
SAWMILLING HINDERED. [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 21. A timber miller stated to-day that about half the sawmills on the Main Trunk line have closed clown, owing to the curtailment of the railway services, throwing several hundred men out of work.
WORKING ACCOUNT,
[Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 21. The railway working account shows the following figures for the period from April 1 to July 19, 1919, and for the. corresponding period of last year 1819. 1918. £ £ Revenue . 1,757,692 1,550,909 Expenditure . 1,101,853 979,482
KAIAPOI-BENNETTS LINE.
At the last meeting of the Evre County Council, it was decided to ask tlie member for the district (the Hon L>. ituddo) to convey a request to the Minister of Railways for one train a week on the Kaiapoi-Bennetts line for the purpose of carrying essential agricultural and other requisites. Mr Buddo made representation as desired, and has received a reply from the Minister to the effect that he could not accede to the request, but he hoped that the service would be resumed at an early date.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12726, 22 August 1919, Page 6
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