GOVERNMENT'S RAILWAY POLICY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 117, 16 June 1909, Page 4

GOVERNMENT'S RAILWAY POLICY.

STATKMEXT BV lIOX. J. A, MILLAR. lii replying to a deputation of Auckland members that waited upon liini on •Saturday in connection with llie Auckland -ulmrlian trnni service, the .Minisler fit*- Uailways (Hie lion. j. A. .Millar) slid lh.it. in considering all rei|\i"-'N fur the iiii'i-eaM- of railway service-; the <Ol- - \va- brought face C<i face with tile tjiiU if it kept on running trains lhut did .not .pav thev mint fall i.:iek ttjinn the Consolidated Fund I" make up llie bi|'H;-:>. If the position was tn l>e t':' . ' '.o-ses were lit be 11.:id<* up fro.., i!..- Mind it should In* distinctly understood. They could then have trains if they mj desired every hour, even if they 'did not pay more than two ,per -cent, upon their cost. .Mr. Massey remarked that the railways in tin' North Uland as a whole paid over four per cent. Mr, Millar: The more branches you have the lens will he the earning power. Mr, .\la-sev: It depends npou the I" calilies where the branches are. Mr. Millar: Supposing tlint vou run a train Ironi Auckland to Tauranya. it would decrease the average earning powers of the Auckland railways. Mi'. Massey 5,,(i1l that for a iimc lhi> iniiiht he *o. The Minister staled that he intended (o ask Cabinet to reduce the suburban area to the I<m mile-; radius from the cities, this lhe limit in force prior lo the adoption of lhe .present 20-inile