NORTHERN RAILWAYS.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 October 1919, Page 3

NORTHERN RAILWAYS.

BETTER SERVICE PROMISED

" Improvements in the Northern „ " train service have been promised £• by the Genera} Manager (Mr ..' MoVilly), and this news will be |k.. welcome to the whole of North X Auckland. The Hon. J. G.Coates IP (gaipara), and Mr C. J. Parr H\ • (Eden) waited upon the Minister i 7 of Railways and the General Manage? at Wellington on Tuesday, and urged the necessity of r "speeding up" and improving the ~ Northern servioe. I* Mr McVilly said an officer' would leave for Auckland to mi- , vestigate the suburban service. T He would be ready to mee,t the X representatives of the districts W- concerned at the office of the i |l district traffic manager on Friday < ft, when, in company with the dis- j X trict officials, he would hear what i E^they had to say.* He would reIpL;turn to Wellington early next ifv Week, accompanied by the district W ;' traffic manager, and they would |L report to' Mr McVilly, who would B| then go. into the whole question. BpMr McVilly said he hoped to ingF- troduce on the North Auckland gL suburban line early in December Bf">s tirqe"tabie something akin to ■^ifoat in force prior to the war, I^^lj^^his^Qqld effect many imr prS|sents ; . L- fibe general tnanager Rrorn,ised j^J^pPl^jutes that the connection of pK Northern express v^ith the i 3 o'clock train, would f be arranged. I|e said the reI adjustment of the time-table was I ap l important ma|'ter ? \yhich could \ jiot be effected in a day. It wk h would involve hard work to have Kit 'settled by the beginning of Wk December, but this would be ■l^yipr^^He had no doubt it would B^jtect a decided improvement on l/ithe service from Auckland to j if/Ranganui. I