THE RAILWAYS.
An analysis of the figures for the year ended March 31st shows that for tli© last twelve months the North Island lines produced a revenue of £503 per mile, and the South Island figures, tho railways have paid a fair interest on the cost of construction. When it is remembered, however, that the sum of £16,499,494 has been expended on the South Island lines, 'and only £13,655,054 on the North, it is obvious that the southern lines are being run at a loss. In spite of "this fact, and the further fact that tue population is continuing to move northwards, the Government persists in squanderir-c large sums of money on the southern Tins is a position which must come under the purview of Parliament. And the sooner it is faced, the better.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10231, 8 May 1911, Page 4
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134THE RAILWAYS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10231, 8 May 1911, Page 4
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