HARD TIMES COMING
A GLOOMY VIEW RAILWAY COMMISSIONER'S OPINION. Sydney, January 23. Mr. Harper, Chief Commissioner oi Railway's and Tramways, speaking ai tile Railway Institute, said that tin people of New South AValos liad liart times before tliem. The lflßt half-yeai was not as bad aB the next might be The railway revenue had been bolsteret by serving stock traffic. This. woul< cease, and they would be fac«l wit] an expenditure of £250,000. There wa a loss of £300.000 on the carriage o wheat during the Inst three months There was also a decrease of seven mil lions in tramway passengers. Mr. Harper added that probably tin waß a gloomy viewof the situation, bu he took it advisedlyto show tlie peopl the conditions existing.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2367, 25 January 1915, Page 5
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124HARD TIMES COMING Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2367, 25 January 1915, Page 5
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