SUBURBAN SERVICES
-'-'; : '".'PißA', bob past' trains. '•'''• 'A plea foe speedier suburban railway services was made by Mr. C. J. Parr in - .the -House of Eooresentatiyes yesterday. He assured the Minister of Eailwaya that ' there was a good deal of grumbling about irregularity tm& slowness of. the '■'itime-table.- This .was esp.eoially so in : Auckland, but he believed the complaint -'was general. The. reason for the delays ,was the numerous and unnecessary atop--ping of trains at way stations. He asked the Minister to look into the matter. >. The'publio did'not at present ask for more trains, but simply for the speed- ;; ing-u'pof the present-services. ■ " ; .'Mr.-Massej, in reply, said he "would be very glad to look into the matter. He was well aware of tho importajio'e of the question, and aware how im- -, portant it was tho.t there should bo good ■ -sriburban. services to encourage, 'to 'live "in the suburbs rather than, in o ''',th>' : congested centres of population.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 296, 10 September 1919, Page 8
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155SUBURBAN SERVICES Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 296, 10 September 1919, Page 8
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