RAILWAYS CONTROL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 January 1941, Page 6

RAILWAYS CONTROL

. 4 NEW MINISTER’S POLICY SERVICE TO MAXIMUM WANTED. > WASTE TO BE CUT OUT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH This Day. i An early investigation into Hie oper- i ations of the Railways Department is to ■ Ibe made by the new Minister. Mr R.} Semple. "I shall be on the lookout for] leakages and weak links in the chain," said Mr Semple, "and if any are found 1 shall not hesitate to do the duty of a .Minister of the Crown, irrespective of individuals. I am taking over at a time when the country is fighting for its existence and I want efficiency. My policy has been service and still more service, efficiency and still more efficiency. 'Dial will be applied now in the Railways Department. Al the outset I know that a great majority of therailway servants are good, loyal and efficient men. They have given the I country good service in the past and i they will do so in the future, In taking over this department I am pleased and delighted to be associated with these! men. I am looking forward to a' pleasant time. "We will face (he facts squarely," j continued Mr Semple. "Our mostsacred possession—liberty—-is at stake.’ We have to work for its preservation j as much as we have to tight for il.j There can be no slacking on the job.} I This is not the time for taking things} | easy. We want service up to the maxi-’ mum. Slacking today is nothing short} ot ti crime and any Minister who con-! dopes offences of that sort is more j guilty than the individual. 1 shall con-/ done none." Asked it he would look at economies, the Minister replied: "Certain I shall Today is a day for economy: it is the Clay to save. Waste will be cut out. We want ,t maximum elfurt and we are entitled to expect a fair spin from everyone. In other words everyone must pul! his weigh! There is no other way out. In the position before us today we have to ensure that every individual plays his er her part." .Mr Semple said he had not yet had time to formulate any detailed policy and it was too early yet to say whether any changes in the Railways administration would be effected. lie could not ‘ get down to detail until he had an op- 1 portunity of making a survey of the - i.perations' of his new Department, i —-—;— I r