LATE LOCALS.
“I hove often heard complaints of the New Zealand railways, but, taking into consideration the difference in cost between first-class accommodation in England and the Dominion, I would give them a flat contradiction,” said Mr Arthur Rose, who returned to Christchurch on Monday from an extended trip abroad. “In England,” he explained, “you have to pay about v'ld a mle for travel, against only about Ikl in New Zealand. lam satisfied that if the New Zealand public was prepared to pay the same rate as in England, our railway's would hold their own.”
j'ho Westport “News” says:—Service car companies operating between Reef ton and Westport contemplate the abandonment from December Ist of the direct connection which has served those towns for many years. .1 his change will he the outome of the opening Hl' the (1 revinouth- Westport coastal road. Tho cars from Westport and Keofton will then, meet those to and from Nelson, and by a transfer of passengers wlien necessary a substitute service will he maintained. The use of the new coastal road will mean a saving of nearly 30 miles on the journey.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1930, Page 5
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