SHOCK PHASE OVER

Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1932, Page 6

SHOCK PHASE OVER

RAILWAYSIIvTAKE VrOGRISS,

WIDER PUBLIC’INTEREST.

WELLINGTON, August TO

Anticipating'“ ■H/ distinctly''.faVoiui*able ; tdrir’^in' the 'railway'; figdre Sj for 'the current four-weekly;' perilbd) the 1 general manager of Railways,..;Mv "G. Rouss'sll, 'writes 'encouragingly in his monthly message in ' the “Neiv -Zea-*-.-land Railways Amgazine;”' He' stWtel that the trend of the figures, '‘‘combined ’ \\(itli faCwd and iinfbrmation ' H 'gleaned from many .sources, warrants the -belief that from a- raihvay l ”fr!iffic' .viewpoint the worst days of the depression' pCDou may he over. , " ’ . ! “In the Dominion (then© is evidence .pf'a widely'awakened public intfefCstrfin the progress of the railways. Appreciation of their ' importance to fiat-ibna], welfare, is f«quently expi*essbd Uy heading *publio men and by .the press {£ene* ■rady. All this is helpful ' when th, - question ‘how shall we travel ?’ or ‘how shall we send our goods ?’ is uppermost for the belief that it is a ‘good fu ng; :to •.use. the mil whenever poss'bld/ffiiist ; b e : firmly held if wasteful diversions of traffic are to be avoided. I

; definite revival in passenger traffic, which recent months, have, shown is a clear indication that the policy of low fares has met with public: approval and support, and this has had favour* able reactions for the business in boti! parcels and goods’ traf, Sc.”' : ,' ../ ’"' v ■ ;