RAIL V. ROAD

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 782, 1 October 1929, Page 10

RAIL V. ROAD

SOUTH AFRICA TACKLPq PROBLEM FEEDER SYSTEM ORGANISED South African railway ttve officers are dealing with .f world-wide problem of moTor 3' petit,on m practical fashion cording to Mr. W. p ri gg, of ’ * c ’ Johannesburg office, who arri.! on the U'imaro., this morning ,” a holiday visit to New Zealand "South African railways and v hours—for our organisation harbour control—have been the competition of the motor „ 0? cularly keen.” Mr. Prigg °toM’S* Sun. u *He “Accordingly we have opened road motor department.” whirk * exploiting the roads and motor tr, 15 port facilities for all it’s wo r i 6 ' our own behalf. We realised thi" the war would have been carried the opposition camp.” u 1,1,0 A complete system of feeder , vices to railheads and stopping was being organised in all nartf 1 the Union, he said. Although thb had been opened onlv a short ** ago it was proving highly success^? -lhe trains themselves had wi speeded up and despite the handled of the narrow 3ft 6in gauge the « press from Johannesburg to Cj, town covered 1.000 miles in "9 hnT' Special interest was taken i n I’ tourist traffic, and evemhing „ e sible was being done to the railways among that section of hi travelling population.