Railway Recovering Passenger Traffic.

It would be a mistake to conclude that the railway has reached its maximum of development and that it cannot be adapted to meet the needs of the new day. The successful experiment on the Little River line is a case in point. There the application of electricity as the motive power has been so satisfactory that extra batteries have been ordered for the rail car to increase the sphere of its operations; and the comfort in travelling has so appealed to many of the residents of Banks Peninsula that they have made full use of the facilities provided by the Department. Here is a striking illustration of the recovery of lost passenger traffic.-“Lyttelton Times,” 24th June, 1927.