£1,000,000 LOSS
RAILWAY DEFICIT THIS YEAR SLOWLY REGAINING TRAFFIC j “There , will be a loss of something ; under £1,000,000 this year on the railj ways, and probably a little more next | year. AVe are far from making the \ railways pay.” | So said the Hon. W. B. Taverner, ; Minister of Railways, during an ad- ! dress to a United Party meeting in ! Auckland yesterday.. The co-operation of the public was j being sought to regain the passenger j traffic from the private, motor. The j department was slowly but steadily regaining its goods traffic and the pub- ; lie was being asked to regard the | railways as their greatest national | asset.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 670, 23 May 1929, Page 12
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108£1,000,000 LOSS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 670, 23 May 1929, Page 12
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