RAILWAY ECONOMY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1667, 27 January 1917, Page 4

RAILWAY ECONOMY.

IVarnings have been given by (he military service boards in New Zealand that the demand for men will probably necessitate a curtailment of the railway services. Some time ago the Imperial Board of Trade issued a communication declaring that (he increasing demands made by the war on the resources of British railway companies required (he utmost economy in the employment of staff and rolling stock. It was then considered sufficient to appeal to the public for co-operation, it being urged that as the conveyance of troops has thrown an enormous burden the railways and civilian traffic has diminished little, of at all, every person proposing to travel by train should consider whether it is really necessary that the journey should be undertaken and that every journey not of genuine necessity should be avoided in the interests of the country. The Board of Trade also impressed upon all traders the urgent importance of taking every step in their power to avoid delays to waggons, both in loading and unloading.. The saving of a day all round means in effect a substantial addition to the rolling stock of the country. Economy and despatch in the use of sheets for covering waggons is also of great importance. The heavy and urgent demands for the conveyance of vast (plantities of war material render some dehfy to other traffic inevitable. The Board of Trade urged the railway companies on their part to adopt till possible measures to expedite the handling of the traffic.