RAILWAY ECONOMY
DISTURBING RUMOURS. THE REVENUE DECLINE. WELLINGTON, August 27. The further heavy decline in railway revenue is a supporting fact in connection with a number of rumours Current that the Railway Department intends to make serious curtailments in its services. It has even been suggested that the Wellington-Auckland Limited express might be stopped, the passenger traffic being concentrated on one daily express each way. This statement was referred by the Wellington correspondent of the “Times” to Colonel S. Esson, chairman of the Railway. Board, who replied, “No such proposal has up to the present come before the board." The "Times” correspondent und rstancls that as a matter of ordinary business procedure, the General .vianager of the Railways (Mr H. H. Sterling) has been engaged with his administrative officers in exploring further avenues of economy affecting not only the services, but also the staff. If the revenue continues to decline, some of the suggestions under consideration might have to take practical shape, but for the present there are no radical developments pending in the Department.
The next meeting of the Railway Board commences on September 9.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1931, Page 6
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186RAILWAY ECONOMY Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1931, Page 6
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