£5 FOR A TRAM FARE.
"PARTICULARLY MEAN TRICK"
PEOPLE WHO FAIL, TO PAY.
• PROSECUTION POSSIBLE. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Pasengers who fail to pay their fare 9 on trams were the subject of some comments by the chairman, Mr. A. S. Taylor, at a meeting or the Tramways Board yesterday. Mr. Taylor said that the general manager had again brought' under his notice the non-payihent of fares by some passengers. There were people who got on to the trams and. said they had no. money. Their names were taken and they were asked to call at the oifice and pay their- fares, but they did not do so. There was another class of passenger who offered the conductor a £1 note, and, in one case, a. £5 note. They had' been asked to come in and pay their fares, but had not done so.' It was a particularly 'mean trick. A member: Why not impound the £o note t - The chairman-: 1 don t know taut we have power to do that. The chairman added that they should bring a batch of these people before the board and decide to prosecute in every, case. Mr. H. Pearce: Have a special court day? The chairman: Yes, we'll have a speoial court day.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 114, 17 May 1927, Page 9
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