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Taihape Daily Times, 5 June 1919, Page 7

The war record ot the Railway Department's staff was mentioned by Mr E. 11. Hiley. at the gathering which farewellcd him in Wellington on Friday evening. He said the six years of his regime had been times of stress and trial, and he thought the railwaymon of New Zealand were entitled to credit for having carried on the transport business of the Dominion, without interruption, and without imperilling the trade of the Dominion, which was essential to the good of the Empire. It was true that passenger services had to be restricted, but he believed thai, the public realised that this was necessary because of short staffs, and of the need for conserving co.a.] and material. When war requirements became acute, it became necessary for the Department to liberate every man possible for service. He belived -that at pome future time the Department would be given credit for having sent abroad every fit single man from the service. In a-11 7000 trained railwaymcn han gone —practically 40 per cent, of the trained staff. Without the co-operation of the staff this could never have been done, and he claimed no special credit for the management for having carried on with a diminished staff. The esquimaux mid realms of snow, Dwells in his dome-shaped home of And though its space is Small, we know. For all his needs it doth suffice, But how much happier his lot And how much better he/d endure, If he, like we, had haply got Supplies of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure ;

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