NEW PLYMOUTH EXPRESS.
IT'S SPEEDING-UP URGED. .Telegraph.—Special to Daily' New, Wellington, Last Sights ' i The need for the speeding tip, of tho New Plymouth express was raised by tho member for Egmont to-night during the discussion of the Railway Estimates. The Minister, in reply, said he had increased the speed of the train to gome extent, and proposed to effect furtlwr improvements, but it was a very difficult thing to do. The trains could be speeded up at once, but that would menn cptttag out certain stops, and he hadt fouiia ' that when he did that local metnban ■got to work and pleaded very liaTSTin' tie cause of the townships aftwtetf, t*d sometimes he had to restore theirstojs. '.lf people would' recognise "that, {hen must be express trains, and tfiit the smaller stations could be flerved by slower trains, the situation would be eased ! a good deal. The matter was under consideration, and the' depsurtnwit wa» gradually improving the grades oft {he New Plymouth lino. Mr. Pearce (Patea) said he' 4id not agree with the polkj of ruMtof test trains for the townspeople aad leaving the country with a less useful terries. ill'. Jennings (Taumarunuii also>BMde an .appeal for a speeding my of the tntfu oavth*
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1915, Page 5
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206NEW PLYMOUTH EXPRESS. Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1915, Page 5
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