WELLINGTON TRAMWAYS.
A YEAR'S OPERATIONS. (By Telegraph.—press Association.), WELLINGTON, this day. The annual report on the operations of the Wellington Tramways has been compiled. It covers the period for the twelve months ending 31st March. The total revenue for the year was £122,994, as compared with £96,619, earned: during the previous year, an increase of £20,375. The total pasengers carried during the year numbered 20,rP5,723, an increase over • the foregoing twelve months of 3,208,689. During the year there were 226 collisions with vehicles, and 315 accidents to persons,. 190 of which were caused by passengers, mostly ladies, stepping from moving mrs. The cost of repairing cars damaged through accident was £400. ,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 167, 14 July 1908, Page 5
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111WELLINGTON TRAMWAYS. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 167, 14 July 1908, Page 5
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