Factors in Transport.

In his reply, Mr. Sterling said that in studying the transport problem he had found no better exemplification than the present trip of what he could wish the transport system to be, for in it he had seen every form of transport co-ordinated with the railway system to bring about 100 per cent. of satisfaction and 100 per cent. of service. What had to be considered was how best to co-ordinate every other mode of transport with the railways. On this trip the co-ordination of motor with rail, and launch with both, had given perfection of arrangements.

“I come to the transport problem as a New Zealander endeavouring to solve a problem that affects New Zealand as a whole,” said Mr. Sterling. “I say deliberately that so far as I am able to co-ordinate the various factors in transport I shall feel it my duty to devote my best energies to that coordination, without isolation of any factor in the transport services of the community.”