6 MARCH 1926, Page 36

SOUTHERN PROGRESS.

In the case of the Southern Railway, the chairman Brigadier- General the Hon. Everard Baring, was able to give a good account of progress on the part of the company, especially in the matter of electrification where the results seem to have given a decided stimulus to traffic in the suburban area. In fact, under the new chairmanship the Southern Railway seems rapidly to be living down the rather exaggerated reports of imperfect travelling facilities, and certainly as regards some of the long distance travel, the railway, in the matter of speed and appointments of rolling stock, is beginning to rival its northern competitors.