RAILWAY COMMISSION

Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1930, Page 1

RAILWAY COMMISSION

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, June 17

,T-he Prime Mnister stated:—“The setting up of the Commission of Investigation as to railway finance is not to be taken as any reflection on the management and staff of the railway service. I recognise that the men who are responsible for the running of the railways are capable and efficient officers, and that they are actuated by keen desire to get the best possible results from the service, both from a financial and public utility point of view. They are not responsible for many of the points of policy, and it is in these directions that the Government feels that there is need for investigation. The Railway administration as such, is not on its trial, as has been suggested in some quarters, but it is the policy with which they have been entrusted which requires overhauling. A large sum. of money is required to provide for working railways this year, as indicated in the recent survey of national finances and it has to he decided how much of that can he justly incurred. What is a fair thing to ask the taxpayer to hear and what economies can be effected in the operation of the railways.”