OUR RAILWAYS.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 28 July 1919, Page 2

OUR RAILWAYS.

FURTHER RESTRICTION OF j' ' PASSENGER SERVICE. Owing to the continued shortage of |>.i j coal tsnpply, the Government has rte- B _ cided to make still farther mirk- H j Ho”* v >'Hb regard to the railway ser- M vice, and details of the proposals will B be found in our advertising column* ' to-day. i The authorities state that, from oh- , nervations made, tiny have come to the conclusion that a great deal of the passenger traffic is unnecessary, and that if this were curtailed to allow only of essential travelling this would enable much more goods traffic to be dealt with. On and after Friday next, tlit I t August, every js.-rson desirous of travelling by railway beyond the limit of suburban area will require to satisfy the railway officer that the journey H imperative and being undertaken for essential business purposes, the bon* fide- of which the railway official* will jf' determine. Only single tickets will r-» issued and no tickets will be I m.tic-l t'within 35 minutes of departure of tbs train. It is crpecially pointed out t bat the number of carriages will be ttH-'ly limited, and ticket* will b<- k-ae<! sub y-1 to there being room on the train. -* restrict:on* are being imposed solely for the purpose of i-onser". mj Coal s jpplii-, far as possible for the conveyance of e.-seatial good* runt trafik which cannot be dealt with usdor the existing arrangement* owing to the large number of people vtho <■•>•■■■ . Base Vj travel since the conl-wiving ' **Me was ;::ahgurat/d t,n July 2. acquaint themselves with