MR. MILLAR'S TOUR.
THAMES.;; : -- :'■'■: ".•'•■■ : Iβ^.- TELEGBipa—PEiss. »ssoc|atiqh.)'■;.. . /,•;::->;:/-/ '/;/V /Thames, February 9. ■•' •/The .Hon.'J./A. Millar, accompanied by Mr. -Ronayne, General Manager of Railways, and Mr. Waite', traffio';;inspector.; for,/the Auckland; district,: arrived at-. Thames' , last night on a Departmental visit./ To-day they iinspected Price's foundry, ■' where the;- large -locpmotiyes to the order of the Government ;are being constructed. In the .course of; con.versation Mr., Millar mentioned . that; .the Railway :Departmerit" was' replacing 631b:/ rails:with.7olb'/rails,on/the main- lines,; and' 401b;.'railsi with'63lb. -rails on branch lines. •■Last year 100: miles --.of - rails -, had -'. been■ im-proyed/and.-Btrengthened.: ;As:to the:Adding-ton.inq'uiry,-,he;declined to inake any furtherstatement. i; /He; said'the crux of: the question was that it was stated locomotives.were being manufactured by-■priyate; firms'.at':-'less -cost .than what could be done;at the .Government :wbrks. : /This'matter should : be inquired into. ~ Mr.'; Millar \ left • f0r...; Rotbrua at.. eleven o'clock'and/proceeds from there'to Wanganui, .Jalmerston .North,, and Wellington.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 8
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142MR. MILLAR'S TOUR. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 8
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