THE MEADOWBANK BUS.
COUNCILLORS EXPLAIN POSITION. Upwards of 70 ratepayers of the Meadowbank district attended a meeting in the schoolroom last evening to protest against the action of the City Council in taking off the feeder bus from Mea-' dowbank Road to the Remuera terminus. The bus was taken off, but the protests of the ratepayers had been so loud that the Tramways Department had decided to give it another trial for a month. Councillors A. J. Entrican, G. Brownlie, and J. B. Paterson outlined the City Council viewpoint. In January, 1925. the council inaugurated a bus feeder service from Meadowbank Road to the tram terminus. The bus had a 16-minute service, but was not paying, and was being poorly supported. The Meadowbank ratepayers were not loyal to their council, and were not supporting their ] own undertaking, which was the trams. It was further stated that the question of electric trams involved the question of an economic electric supply to the householders. The trams took about one-third of the power supplied by the Auckland Electric Power Board, and if this revenue was lost, it would mean additional lighting rates. The following resolution, proposed by Mr. D. Lundon, and seconded by Mr. H. E. Jones, was carried unanimously: "That the ratepayers and residents of Remuera deeply deplore the action of the City Council in withdrawing the traffic bus plying between the Upland Road tram stop and Meadowbank Road, thereby causing inconvenience, loss, and annoyance to ratepayers and public alike. In the loan proposals sanctioned by the ratepayers on December 17, 1924, a provision was made for the extension of the tram track from Upland Road to Meadowbank Road. This meeting doeß now urge the council to fulfil its obligations and have the tram track extended from Upland Road to Meadowbank Road, and that the motor bus continues its functions as heretofore until finally replaced by the tram service."
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 17 June 1926, Page 11
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317THE MEADOWBANK BUS. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 17 June 1926, Page 11
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