HUTT RAILWAY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 157, 15 October 1912, Page 6

HUTT RAILWAY.

GRIEVANCES AS TO TIME-TABLE.

A NUMBER OF REQUESTS,

Residents of Upper Hutt, through the!? ' Railway League, mado a number of re- ." quests of th© Minister for Railways (tile Hon. W. H. Herries) yesterday morning. '. Mr. T. M'Ciirdy, who tpoko- for tno deputation, said the workers' trains to' Wellington in Clio morning and bnok in tho evening had been speeded up at tho request of the league, and now it' was • understood that the Wallacevillo settlers were endeavouring to have the early ' morning train from Upper Hutt 6top at ' Wallacevillo to receive milk for town. ■ He thought this might result in a slowingdown of the traifc, which would bo entire- ' ly unnecessary. He suggested that it ' would be much more to the Wallacevillo settlers' advantage to send their milk from Mungaroa. The farmers aI: Mungaroa could not understand the desire of tho Wallaceville settlers, attributing their agitation to cantakerousness. The Wallacevillo.dairyman refused,to use the faci- - lities at'Mungdrba. The deputation urged also that the goods train by.which child-'*""' rcn travelled at 3.11 p.m. from Upper \ - Hutt should stop at-Trentham and Here- ' '• taunga, and relievo the children of the walk back from Silver-stream ■ to their homes. The deputation urged, also, that •' as the duplication, and straightening of • the Hutt line had resulted in a decrease of tho mileage, an adjustment of fares '' should be mode, accordingly. Tho Government had recently granted the Civil , Servants permission to cease work at noon on Saturdays, tut under tho present timetable those Civil Servants residing at the • Hutt could not get a train home until 1.12 p.m. It was suggested that the De- ■■ partment should put on an earlier train for their convenience. . ... Tho Hon. W. H. Hemes,, in reply, fnid ■, tho deputation had put a pretty large order paper before him. Most of tho requests had been before .his.', predecessor,. ,■ and lio (Mr. Herries) would prefer to consult his officers beforo replying. Tho Wallacoville settlers had made out a good case when they waited on him, ana it

was the business of tho Government to look after .tho interests of thofa' ongaped in' tho dairying industry. Ho would, however, give all the matters presented careful consideration. • . ■ ■