The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 821, 16 July 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1881.

'TWERE whs an interesting discussion in the House on Wednesday last on our railway system. : Mr Oliver moved 'firthe appointment of a committee to report-upon it, but after a debate, in .deference'to the views of many menh bers, withdrew it. The arguments in favor of the, proposal, ! were,' on the whole',' more .cogent than those against it; and it was :probab]y ; the:feeling expressed by Mr; Saunders that the inquiry wpnld. involve ;■ an amount ;of work mi responsibility which the members nfl'rii'fli, oil'the, committee .would ridt'boprepavfid' to".imdertafee, which . proved fatal to the Tbe Pre.miervdid not' oppose it, but apparently: was of'the Opinion that the ment were 'sen't's'ysliem efficient, and that there was little to be gained by a Parliamen-

Yf j'"lTO, Jlie v tifs\j§ i board a{sint|; :S>HtHI4Wo ffrl adtainiiyatM Kftti- pin MS Mijre, f&a, «M x sM^R wiMdetl memoirs tit 1 the investigation ' proposed \whtf amount to little unless the Government \nondatjbns|EJtbe committee}- <Th[is|wtf^ 411 thW m i urged against, Mr' Olivers, Oliver ahlnojbge is inra 'botM' position "than himself to make wicti an admission— that our present 'Systeirrwßs , imp l erfeet, and that a board of administration. might produce, beito «lts ; thVPlftlnlir' 'Mr MacSi)R{;w,jKnt.further, and hit.th'e'iiark 'l/y'saying that unless railway?.were under irresponsible" management they, could notrhe|mad& to'paft ] Mi 1 fisiah ikugges'ted-tha't the committee mlgh.li'do : ■ g °4, i>A* ''wijc|,,iii j Jhe, il intpr.esfc,,ofithe: J icblonyi ;i'qqij!i;ei',rto' ; 'i beiiicompleted''; M i!l W Jrav-made; att" jSJiffi that under'-'the''pVesehT system' the interests of the .public 'were-not studied,, and.that there was too much circumlocution in settling small, details. ,-Mi? Eisser' alsof 'called ' excessively ■ neglected',,iiqd ,dirfcy pf passenger carriages,'and pointed out 'the, loss sustained-, from' this- cause by ithe;, depreciation-in the' vallte 6f -rolling stock.,,We hope that before the's'essiori' oloses.' the subject will, in sompTorm' or 'other, be - again'; discussed...';?• It. matters little whether the railways.be administered by a by a i board, so long as reforms' which 1 experience shows to be necessary'are.'conceded,,. Une of the most; important points which require alteration" insofar' system is the "cast'iron"- tatiff which' practically changes what. triight ;be ah' intelligent, enterprising .district manager into a machine worked;by-red. 1 tape. ■•; If district ' managers' ',were : allowed, a little, local'self-government on their'respective iines, threerfourths i of the complaints'which are now.made against the departmental management would cease to-be matters'of every day occurrence.' ~ ,„. ~.,,.; ~. ~_j ,■" _;-\'.;■/.