SHOULD EXCURSION FARES BE RAISED?
(To the Editor.) Sir. —I should say certainly not, but rather cheapen them. 1 have often wondered at the shortsightedness of the railway authorities in not giving the people mor c inducements to travel. Trains must run, and very often could carry hundreds more passengers. I much regretted that the late Mr. Yaile'a scheme was never put into operation. It was. indeed, a poor mean return to a prominent citizen to allow him to pass away without seeing his life-long battle against red tape and conservatism come to fruition. In that poor benighted country. Ireland, you can travel on a Sunday to the Curragh and back to see the troops in camp, sixty miles, for a " bob." Or you can go to KillaTney and back, over 300 miles, for eleven shillings. You can also go from Dublin to the Isle of Man. first saloon, and back, for ten shillings. Why not try and educate people to travel and see their own eountrv by really Cheap fares?—T am. etc., TRAVEL.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 65, 17 March 1915, Page 7
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