RAILWAY TRANSPORT
REDUCED CONTROL URGED. ADVERSE EFFECT OF MOTORS. (Australian Press Association.) CANBERRA, March-9. Arising out of the recent conference of the Railway Transport authorities, whose qjm is to furnish recommendations for co-ordinating the rail transport system in the Commonwealth with a view to sweeping economies and the elimination of duplication, Mr Heath, who conducted the investigation on behalf of the Commonwealth, has submitted bis report in which, inter alia, it is urged that all railway systems should be made independent of political interference, aHo drastic . reduction in the number of authorities controlling industrial conditions. He emphasises that the railways are over capitalised, while the financial statements do not disclose the true facts of operations.
q'he report admits that motor transport has had an adverse effect on railways generally and 'partieluar reference is made to the unsatisfactory .state of the New South AVales Railwavs due to political meddling,
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1932, Page 5
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148RAILWAY TRANSPORT Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1932, Page 5
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