INCREASED RAILWAY REVENUE
MINISTER'S ESTIMATE ALREADY EXCEEDED. By Telegraph—Fines Association. ■' Dwedin, Tuesday. '. The railway revenue for the tea .' months ended January 31st shows u • increase of £261,000 over the oorret- '; ponding period of the previous yean '*■ therefore, Mr. Millar's estimate of an''' increase of £200,000 in the year's i* •;. venue is likely to Be considerably exceeded. This increase in revenue hu ' been attended by on increased expend!- ,'., ture of about 25 per cent; it has cost 2 the department about £05,000 extra to * earn an additional £261,000. The Minister stated to a Star reporter that safety bars are being fitted • to the platforms of all carriages, to pre* '' vent accidents when passengers are cros-.'.' sing from carriage to carriage. Aftoady \- 120 carriages have been fitted, and the * rest will be completed in about tw» '' months, the cost being charged to work- • ing expenses, and not to capital.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 234, 8 February 1911, Page 5
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147INCREASED RAILWAY REVENUE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 234, 8 February 1911, Page 5
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