RAILWAY ECONOMICS.
SOUTH AND NORTH ISLAND I EXPRESSES.
(By Telegraph.— Special to Hebax.d.) . WELLINGTON. March 6. • Some time ago the Minuter of Gail- ■ ays nhido the unwelcome announcement that tho second expresses between Wellington and Auckland daily each war will have to come off after Easter.' Th» reason is. that money is being lost dai tha limning. I hear from reliable sonnies teat this economy ig not to be confined to tho Norta Island. Tlio IlaiiwjiyaVp?* partmciit a prospects of an improved financial position next year are not. Wit rosy,’as the new wages schedules for life employees come into force on April Ist, involving increases aggregating at least .t0.i.000 per annum. Therefore economy will have to be rigidly practised, 'aM tho second expresses between Christchtirfih 'and Dunedin taken off the running for the winter. They have lost money <}inv mg that season for years, so it is said’!
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13923, 6 March 1913, Page 5
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148RAILWAY ECONOMICS. Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13923, 6 March 1913, Page 5
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