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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 1 (May 1, 1928)

Gaining the Public's Confidence

Gaining the Public's Confidence.

On almost every hand there is now a much more friendly spirit existing between railways page 19 and railway users than in the days gone by. This feature of present-day conditions in New Zealand is reproduced at Home, where the establishment of local and regional conferences of railway officers and representatives of the traders is enabling the speedy solution to be come to of many vital problems of mutual concern. Especially wise is the move now being made by the Home railways to take the public into their confidence by the dissemination of news through the national and local newspapers. This feature was commented upon by Mr. J. B. Elliot, Advertising Manager of the Southern Railway, in a recent lecture to students of the Institute of Transport.

In years gone by, Mr. Elliot remarked, if a newspaper required information concerning railways, in the majority of instances the newspaper representatives were curtly informed that no Press statements were permissible. Nowadays all this has changed. Each railway to-day runs its own press section, and accredited representatives of the newspapers are always welcomed and furnished with accurate and timely information. Railway facts are thus presented to the public in true perspective, and by taking the public into confidence a friendly spirit of co-operation and interest has taken the place of the hostile outlook so common in the past.

Best Maintained Ganger's Length On The L N.E.R. Main Line The above stretch of track is at Naburn. The ganger in charge received the Engineer's Gold Cup and Gold Medal, and each man under him received a silver medal.

Best Maintained Ganger's Length On The L N.E.R. Main Line
The above stretch of track is at Naburn. The ganger in charge received the Engineer's Gold Cup and Gold Medal, and each man under him received a silver medal.