1929-04-06 — Page 5

Extract from trading netecie in "South China Morning Post"

of 18th March, 1959.

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HOW THE "SOUTHERN".

HAS BEEN HIT..."

SATURDAY, APRIL 6 1929.

Speaking on the resolution that. the report and accounts should be adopted, Colonel F. Hilder sald that he did not consider they had made any advance since the last meeting.

"Although we are ownore," ha "A very largo proportion of this loss is due to the competition said, "wo are hut passengers; we of the private motor, and it la have no control over the captain, difficult to know what we can do'officors, or the crew," to recover this traffic."

Colonel Hilder added: "I have

This statement was made by suggested, whole-time directors for Brigadier-General tho Hon. this job-just two or three, and the newer ones Everard Baring, when presiding they must be

at the annual meeting of Southern coming in. I should like to see Railway shareholders, and had re-some of the directora chosen from ference to the fact that, in spite the stad."

of a large increase in passenger journeys, there was a considerable

Interruptions.

He and that the cause trouble which had overtaken the Southern Railway, in with other British railways, was arrested development.

common

Interruptors made it almost, im- falling-off in receipts last year. possible for Lord Monkawell, a The Charinel Tunnel project subsequent speaker, to finish his was also among the subjecta dis-speech. Shouts, stamping of feet, cussed by Brigadier-General the and rowdy scenes between, in- dividual shareholders led to an Hon. Everard Baring, who said:

"The cost of construction, as angry appeal by Lord Monkswell well as the maintenance, of the to the chairman to preserve order. of the tunnel, the working expenses, ir- respective of who owns the rolling stock, the provision of terminals on both sides of the Channel, the size of the rolling stock to be

"Management of railways," he adopted, the possibility of having to widen our line up to London, added, "can always be represent- the reduction of our Beet, are alied to be a subject too technical mattera which will have to be sub. for the publie to understand. Aa milted to the most searching for the directors, the only mem- bers of any British Railway Board examination."

I have ever heard of who have Dock Developments. Dealing with developments at more than a smattering of know- Southampton, he said that a com-ledge about railways are, with in- plete scheme of development pro. significant exceptions, a few ex- vided for the construction of officials who merely act as decoy about 16,500 feet of deep water ducks of officiadom. berths, with dry docks, warehouse bulldings, and other equipment at on estimated cost of £13,000,000.

With regard to the proposed new bridge noross the river at Charing Cross, he said:

"It is a sorry farce of which the shareholders and the public are victims,

and there can be no sanfactory progress until the system is smashed to atoms and directors are appointed who have time knowledge, energy, and sufficient to exerciee real control over the ofeinis.”

"There is no doubt that the site on the river bank now suggested for the station would provide fine frontage, but let there be no misunderstanding. The consent of the shareholders will be asked for by us only if the conditione and undertakings we have, de depression. Most likely torpid liver on a congested state of the manded are granted."

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In order to compete with the motor coach and local omuibus services outside the electrified area we have," he said. "In com 'mon with the other railway com panies, been compelled to offer a large number of reduced fare facilities throughout the country. By this means we have increased the number of passengers carried, but we have not succeeded avoiding a loss in revenue."

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