MAIN TRUNK TRAIN.
SECOND EXPRESSES TO BESTART IN - THE SPRING. Auckland, May 0. The Government has now under consideration 1 the question of again increasing the Main Trunk express aervice. The Prime Minister (the Hon. , W. F. Massey) stated last evening that in accordance with the recommendations of the Minister of Railways, the second expresses would be reinstated in the spring. If, however, it is found that the single express service is inwfficient for the traffic between Auckland and Wellington in the meantime, a second express will be run each way on i three days in the week. I "It would be very much pleasanter for Ministers," remarked Mt. Masaey, "to allow tho two trains to continut, running; but our information from the Department- is that we were' making a ' Tery serious loss—a loss more serious than most people would imagine —though I am not able to quote the figures from memory. You may be quite sure that nobody will be better pleased than myself when the business warrants us in running the second expresses ! regularly."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 297, 8 May 1913, Page 8
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176MAIN TRUNK TRAIN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 297, 8 May 1913, Page 8
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