TRAIN SERVICES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 306, 22 September 1919, Page 6

TRAIN SERVICES

BACK TO NORMAL NEXT WEEK STATEMENT BY MR. MASSEY The Prime Minister announced on Saturday that normal railway services would lie resumed on Monday next. "Tho position in connection with the railway services has now improved sufficiently," said Mr. Massey, "to enable this full ordinary time-table to be resumed as from Monday, Soptembor 29. The goods service restrictions are being eusird next week, with a new to.clearing a'l accumulated goods traffic before the ordinary passenger are installed." Mr. Mussey pointed ou<; that, as already announced, three express trains would commence running on all main lines on and alter to-day, but . on Monday naxt it was hoped to resume normal traffic in all its branches. The reason why au early resumption of train services equal to those before tho recent cut was possible, ho added, was that the stocks of coal hud improved-a great deal 'in the pnst few weeks. , Mr. Massey stajted .that he hoped Soon to be able to announce tho restoration, of suburban and other trains which had been discontinued long before the cut was made. Mr. Massoy hopes that it will not be long before the pre-war. tiine-t lbles can. bo restored.. Tho railway men who went to tho war are nearly all back at work again now, and there should be no difficulty about running the lierviccs if the "ooal supplies can be kopt'up. If an assured supply from the local mines could be relied upon there would be little delay about the restoration of r. really good passenger and goads time-table.

THE TIMBER INDUSTRY. ALL MILLS ACTIVI! AGAIN. A well-known timber merchant, with interests in count!y mills,. Hates that tho. transport arrangements on the Government railways have been steadily improving during the last fortnight, and it will not be long before normal i»ndi--tions obtain. Some 'of the mills had been, closed down for a month, but the last of these had resumed cutting again during last week, and there was now every prospcct of being able to handle the output without much delay. Our informant pays a compliment to the Eailway Department, in saying that, under tho embarrassing circmstances, tlio tim-ber-milling industry has been fairly met throughput the trouble, and relief- had been given just as soon us it was possible to do so.