NZ. RAILWAYS
GENERAL MANAGER’S POLICY, i (By Telegraph—Per Press Association. 1 | WELLINGTON, September 17. I Mr Sterling, at a smoko concert of tho accountant’s branch of the Railway Service on Saturday, said a great deal laid been said around the epigrammatic phra.pe, ‘‘Making the Railways Pay,” in the common acceptance of the term, he could not do that. The country must have a transport service ,and owners must be prepared to sink something in its development. They aro sure of a realisation on the investment, hut may not reap it until some years hence. Ho had the greatest faith in the country. He gave whole-hearted backing to the statement that the Railways wanted business, blit business that paid. Discussing freights with a prominent local body man, he bad refused ,to consider carrying goods below rates at which they could poosibly fie remunerative. “If you find it cheaper by road, then let the loss lie where it falls. Wily should the Bailwavs take it to save the roads?” Mr Sterling paid a, warm tribute to work accomplished by railwaymen.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1928, Page 4
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