ONEHUNGAS TRAM FARES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 150, 28 June 1927, Page 6

ONEHUNGAS TRAM FARES.

Your correspondent **Onehunga T ' seems to be in despair over his transit charges, but it would be only fair to point out that the increased fare to Onehunga is still less than before the bus regulations. Anyone who imagines that the uneconomic fare that was being charged prior to the introducing of bus regulations would have continued indefinitely must be very optimistic The council would have taken the trams off the Onehunga line, or else the bus company would have thrown up the sponge. Regarding further increases, it would be better to wait and see before complaining. One thing the residents of Onehunga should remember is that the central part of their main road is maintained for then out of tramway revenue, which otherwise they, would have to keep in order out of their owm rates. As a Point Chevalier resident, why should I have to stand any loss on the Onehunga line through the council providing those residents with a fourpenny fare, and then spending sums of money on the upkeep of the tracks? In any case, the present fare t» Onehunga is about one hundred per cent less than to St. Helier's Bay, and the distances are about the same. The bus regulations have put a stop to buses and trams racing to stopping places, and therefore removed a danger from the streets. POINT CHEVALIER.