RAILWAY ECONOMY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15130, 26 January 1917, Page 5

RAILWAY ECONOMY.

Warnings have ' been given by the Military Service Boards in New Zealand that the demand for men will probably necessitate a curtailment of the railway services. Some time ago the Imperial Board of Trade issued a communication declaring that the increasing demands made by the war on the resources of British railway companies required the utmost economy in the employment of staff and rolling stock.* It was then considered sufficient to appeal to the public for co-operation, it being urged that as the conveyance of troops has thrown an enormous burden on the railways and civilian traffic has diminished little, if at all, every person proposing to travel- by train should consider whether'it is really necessary that the journey' should; be undertaken and that every journey not of , genuine necessity should .be in'the' interests of the country. The Board of Trade also impressed upon all 1 traders the urgent importance of taking every step in their power to avoid delays to wagons, both in loading and unloading. The saving iot a day all round means in effect a substantial addition to the rolling stock L of the country. Economy and despatch in the use of sheets for" Covering waggons is also of great importance. The heavy and urgent demands for the conveyance of vast quantities of war material render some, delay to other traffic inevitable. .The Board ,of .Trade urged the railway companies *6n their part to adopt all 'possible measures to expedite the handling-of-the traffic* .