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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 5 (September 1, 1928)

A Quarter-Million Saving

A Quarter-Million Saving.

An important reference to the new railways workshops re-organisation was made by the Prime Minister and Minister of Railways (the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates), in the House of Representatives on 21st August.

“We think our estimates are going to work out right, and that we will save approximately a quarter of a million a year after paying interest on capital cost, as a result of the project. The reconstruction of our shops was long overdue, and it is in the interests of the workers and the railway system that it be carried through.”

Mr Coates said that machinery would take the place of many men, but it was hoped to arrange the change without and great disability to the men.