THE RAILWAY TIME=TABLE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 7

THE RAILWAY TIME=TABLE.

' MINISTER TO VISIT NAPIER. 'Vv (By/TeleKrapb^Presg-Association.) ' : . , ■,Napier, January 23. For : some;'timo- past/ , says the Napisr . "Telegraph,",. for . Napier (Mr. J. Vigor-Brown) has been engaged in a strenuous. ; : correspondence • with tiio Minister ;for Railways. on the' of the : time-table and cognate matters, .fully persuaded that , tho . tractable as it now/ stands is .injurious to. the ,best'interests of. the, district, 'and" that" the; question of fares is one :that. ought:,to be' dealt' With' in-, the' direction I 'of gmrig/ith'is part' oftho ;Dominloh/, the;.. ■ concessions - granted elsewhere.:-, ; Mr. Brown has hot . spared ; time sor., trouble' in expressing. his..views upon-the; matter._ -As; a;-,result of -this the Eon; ;Mr. . ,Millar ;, is ' seemingly.'Convinced that ,soine' radical 'alterations will have to -be /made,' and .as will be seen' by .'the following-telegram.' received; ;;by , Mr. . Brown,- he will, come to Napier next Monday; to. meet representatives of ..the people to, d iscuss this ■' burning question ",'l' amiigpingt .intp ; f..th6i.guesti6n of./rer considering. the railway, tunertable as far ins the,; Wellington /.and '/HawkeV Bay •provincial.'; districts,:are concernecl.'yliv :view.»6f:.the numerous communications!l have received from various parts'of: the district in regard- to this matter, I deem it tetter , :to'.;visiti t Napier''.'aid.'''nfeeii: the' ''people more/directly/concerned -on'.' the .spot.": "Wi.tli ;,this objedt' in view I propose to. arrive', in Napier on Monday evoß.ing next,and; shall ,be ' glad if you will arrange . for,. Representatives of the. ■borough/couricil;- the' Chamber .of: Commerce, ;and 6thers'; to 'mcet' ; ,ine oflVTues-', day So thatj I may , hiVe an' authoritative expression lii/regard- /to Moral'require- ; men ts.'; Perhaps Gisborno ./ and .' Hastings would' like- to combine with Napier m placing their; tiewS;before' me; /.;! desire to endeavour tdarrange a service that, will meet as far ai: possible'tho'fgenerar convenience.".. . • .:.

; FURTHER dissatispaction: (By TelcgtaDh.-Snecial, Correspondent.)

_ :: Foilding, • January 25. . Speaking ■ on. railway matters: at the 'Chambei' of'. Commerce meeting, ;MK' H ; Tolley, stated ,■ that- -. tha. for Itailwflya was 'ehdeavouring to .'make 'the pay, .' but ho was /doing it .in a way which did, not. appeal' to tho ordinary business inan. 1 The Minister was'..'l'aisi.ug;.;the :.fares;;-and, ; making increases on the goods traflio rates, thereby. making, the "service , hibro 'dnpopulnr.', A busihess man would roverse this ordcr,' and' endeavour, to popularise, his-business.'' 'Anftthermatter • Was that /our- railways were worth- 35 millions,'; and; the Government hiid 'a genefftl; manager.,receiving. ..£9OO a yeir :to look aftei 1 chem. He. thought that they should get 1 the,; best man available'; to. manfigethe railways. Mr. E. P. Needhani,:bf E6wa, ivrote to the Chamber' drawing attention; to the inconvenience: of the. mail i'eervicea.-.ijwiilg .to tho alteration 'in .'the:. train services.. ; Tlie president (Mh Bramwdil), Speaking : on ; this, subject;. said : that,' the : midnight express had been a great convenience to Eeilding,; givihg - the business people their Wellihgton-: correspondence 6evcn hours; eal'lier than they, got it ilOU'. ilo pointed out the inconvenience of the present service owing;' to :.the'' fact that the mails were not sorted till after two o'clock. This nl6o upset the country moil service, as pointed: out by-the letter from, 'Mr'. Needhiimi ■ He proposed that! "Owing-, to the .short time., elapsing ;between, the arrival ; and departing of ine WellingtonNew ..Plymouth;., mail train/, thetime: at the disposal of men: and the pub-' lie generally. to reply to any correspondence froih/Wellihgtoii, ot; the 'South:'ls-'. land; is confined', to .twenty minutes, "and that, therefore; tlus;.Chamber would respee.tfully; urge:.that:,the old 'time-table lie reverted to,-:namely, : that the: Wel-lington-New Pljuioutii train -be, timed to leave Wellington at 8.15 a.m. in lieu oi 9.10 as, at present." , .:; Mr. Cobije seconded the motion. : 3lr. Tolley supported the motion, and referred to the necessity for urging bettor communication: with; Bunnythorpe. - ; The' motion was carried. 'A A,-'

Mr. Tolley then proposed that tb« Marton Chamber of Commerce' be approached regarding their : views on the matter of asking that tM afternoon.train' from" 1 Wei-"' lington to Palmerston be continujd. on to .Marton, and that an early train leave Marton to catch the early morning train at Palmerston to- Wellington. . This wcb carried. . .

The Chamber, in order to give tho Hon. J. A. Millar ah opportunity of seeing the "extent of ,the country , fapped-by Feilding, has decided to invito the Minister. to visit .the town .and district us ■their guest.."