Man to Man

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 377, 11 June 1928, Page 8

Man to Man

PUBLIC CONFIDENCE SOUGHT Mr. Sterling's Railway Policy

Ar _ ike temporary isi riatia vh ti nei hnmi s method of p rt lus ;ss -—stem is the railways-"" _ • spoke • Saturday .' i Ankhad • 7: -nd • - Association, and told his hear i Lis plans i improve ti e

b | • ut. txzrteilers ahose - : - -- ss rakes tie a on to si: v as veil as expresses, are swas; Tire . Tie re7»i; -_e~e stay show. It was Tierelore a Ii;;7 Timeii -.iat ’ :: - provemeiii a: ssi a xstlierixx- _ wisre a tie section of tie m T T—s I t :x-Ty -s- re present ec. 7 Taere iat in tie past been t:i I adverse criticism oi tie Hallvay Dr- ” partnt-tni and tits bad proved wholly injurious However, he believed (be people wonid yet reaise iow moth 7 tie raivays had been responsTnie for ! nnexiansted. 7 “Tie keynote of tie Prime !te 7 inter s railway peltry,” said Mr Ster-

ling, “is tie need for securing tie public conndence, and tier need win . certainly be tie foundation of my own. t Reciprocal relations are essential, and 3 I realise I siaH bare to tender tie l public my confidence if lam to receive 1 any in return. Alone I can do - nothing: I must be assisted by aE r sections of tie comnnmity. by yon. 5 representing tie bnsiness interests. = and by tie primary producers. My 1 appeal to tie raiiwaymen is in tie same spirit.”

Ml . r r . . - pen ey to lock timself up in a glassvia office a tt"eulA.grc- He w;uli time out and meet tme mil; arc ins _-u a; if leiTi; v;- uissaT.suei he Time-saving ij . - Susiuess_u;w2.d=ys was carried or a: i terrtffi: pla -i; he.- :: au:a: less :: AAey me Aieudeu ei- - --1 to .:t—ortao:e goods aud jusseuger services- aui ci that basis. Tie uew syrsTem had b&ea uusTirm:e-i a The 5: Islaui where roc-is ' be .in.:*: —i-u bogey cars artaciiei to as a night expresses ieiweeh Chris i linr-ci eat DcaedATranwport of - . . :t- - catered :: service, while a :Tier fired exert to secure uew traffic would be Dealing -.a stafi • . 7 SterlAx esplaiuec h.: he would eudeavoTT to Traps form every mar in The railway service into a busiuessgemer in some form or odder. Thus The ~ travellers us vus aiir, = sAg would mud s:me 15.H1 added to Their number. He esTlma-.ei tpat if every employee increased The revenue by the small early total it a halfpenny, The department would bene it by £11.•»j a year Similarly, thrift would help to improve tie uuai-a situation If mar, could, by careiid management, cnrtail by half-penny a day, the department would be a further £ll. Hi better 1 1. or a :::al :: £id ' H altogether. “TVhether or not wastage exists. I am not yet in a position to say, bm ' it would be strange to a human mstitntkffi perfect. My inc: nnectioii with the railways wtd i*e to bring them a little near a perfectioit'' COMMERCIAL METHODS Commercial metho-is would be used to put the railways on a better basis, of which a car dual pi at must be t~-»r the service shotdd meet the needs of the public. The aim of thus policy could not be attained without the cooperation of the public and the railway staffi is whom be placed the utmost reliance. “In the management of the railways,” said Mr. Sterling, “there are many din mitres to be overcome, but the system is better H-- many try to make out ” _ Ths ce luxe sleepers on the Main Trunk, he said, were undoubtedly the best m the wcrld when gauge and other factors were considered. Dining cars, he predicted, would shortly be introdnc&d on the limited expresses, and other improvements ejected. The Public owed a great deal to tie loyalty of the men running the trains.