§ Mr. G. HALLasked the Minister of Transport if the Railway Rates and Charges Tribunal have in hand the consideration of a statutory schedule of workmen's fares; and, if so, when the tribunal may be expected to report?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThe railway companies have submitted to the Railway Rates Tribunal proposed scales of standard charges for the conveyance of workmen between the points and during the hours in respect of which workmen's tickets are from time to time issued. Objections to the proposed scales have been lodged with the Railway Rates Tribunal. Under the Railways Act, 1921, the tribunal are required to consider the schedules submitted to them and the objections thereto, and, after hearing all parties interested, and who are desirous of being heard, to settle the schedule of charges and to appoint a day when they shall come in operation. A number of preliminary matters remain to be determined before the tribunal will be in a position to consider the schedules of pro-
— Fatal Accidents. Non-Fatal Accidents. Separate Accidents. Persons Killed. Separate Accidents. Persons Injured. 1921 … 14 14 151 167 1922 … 19 19 269 315 1923 … 18 18 308 347 1924 (provisional) … 36 43 288 322 Additional precautions in respect of shot-firing were made obligatory last autumn, and research work is in 684W posed charges, and no date has yet been fixed for the hearing of objections to these schedules.