EAST COAST TRAIN SERVICE.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1924, Page 4

EAST COAST TRAIN SERVICE.

DEPARTMENT'S Fieri: i:s. DUNEDIN. May 20. Departmental figures showing the reudi.s „f ibe working of the ex pres, trains on the ('liristcliurcli-lnvercargill sc'-tiou wore considered by 11 it* (’liamI cr of Commerce last night. 'I he figure-, had been suimlictl by the Minister ot Kailways at the request of the Chamber t,i; enable It to form an nj.ini lire necessity for the reduction oi these services. The figures ...bowed the actual count of pn-sengers carried on the exilic .s and mail train., the counting paints being Oamarit. Dunedin. Balrlnilin. and Gal'c lor down trains, and Invercargill. Cere. .Milton. Dunedin, and Oa'maru for un trains. 'I be figures were for the four weeks ended April I'Jib. •Von will not itv." the Minister wrote, ••that the total number of paS-

j seiigcrs carried liewc-. ii those liuints on j any cue day was v.cli v.iihin the eapae- | ity of one train each way. In view of I ;be expensive tunning involved "ilk j.tbv pv.'cril M-rviff. and without e.im- | me'.lMiriue i-et ill’ll. Ibe Wpai tincnt hui la, out a *ll but l•• 1 ••* •l 1 In tba 1 1 i - I tieeklv service, for the ( liri strinii e!i- ---| Dunedin am! Dunediu-liiver. argill mail • train- namely, on .Mondays. Wednesday.;. ami Fridays. The (hri-tckurch-ll.veicat gill c-xiire-;-.- will continue La run on Tec days, 'f'bur-days end Sntiildavs as at ptv-wni." i he average numb.-as oi ill" down trains at the ■-. •i-.-. Hag |;::i *n •> v.ed- as foil, n.'s : IV;,lain ij. Du'ii l.n 277. Ralelutha ! sj. i fore 1.3 i. i'-.v -Ii • uii t ruins, tlia sveru-; • figur, . v.. re: luv r.-argili I| 7. •;■!■ ) 17. Alii* • 111 : “5. Dune lin 11.; nuiru *-'-’5. •file i'lv idem .said liial they had v.u-iite i ! i ilm 111 - .. r«-if.-.-iil ( hanilmr a-king a hat it had piMt.o-n:! lo tla in I'eKTein-e la the *-urlailmen; of tile • .-*.•.* ami oilering to c '-up "ate. btll no bad be. n reei-ired. The iigure- referred t.i tile passenger.' oil tlie train at llm r.'iints incut i.-ned ami j not in le-isi- juin-eg tin- train : . - Ij. ::11 -. A!: It-iug’i il “.gave tlie Mild:--lie at. in* iiiii mil Mipnaa' il gave tiielii iii.u h a .a• • in r; reive i:. They cinild acf j- -i :t;-,av Iriii.i the fact', and ilicy 1 1 i fit v ( ••lili! led pe-i'ily urge the tbr.ingb the winter. Ile suggested that’ they .-end the information rec-ived on to Invercargill. The suggestion was adopted.