N.Z. RAILWAYS
NEW All MISTER’S STATEMENT. ,By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Alay 2-2. “We are a long way from making the railways pay,” said the Hon W. B. Taverner, Minister of Railways, when addressing the United Party’s gathering in Auckland to-day. He added: “There will he a loss of something under £1,000,003 this year, and probably a little more next year, as interest charges are mounting up.” The Minister said that part of liis work was to ask the public everywhere to regard the railways as their greatest national asset. He desired to get a proper adjustment between the railways and the private motors. The Department was slowly, but steadily, regaining its goods traffic, and the cooperation of the public was bein'! sought with a View to getting hack the passenger traffic also.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1929, Page 6
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