TRAMWAY METHODS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 141, 17 June 1935, Page 6

TRAMWAY METHODS.

With the advent of a new Transport Board pledged to economy and reductions of fares consistent with efficient maintenance of l service, in my opinion it would be advantageous for it to obtain full details as to methods employed and fares charged in the other three large cities in New Zealand, all of which are paying their way better than the local service, yet on the whole at a cheaper rate of fares. On a recent visit to Wellington I was very pleased with the tram service there, whicli was more frequent and faster than ours, principally due to the convenient style of car with their four exits, and better patronised owing to the cheaper rates prevailing; for example, a 1/ card there is good for 10 sections compared with seven on our cards; and, again, the sections, with one exception, are longer ones. Their signs are clearer. In eight days' travelling in Wellington I met only one inspector, whilst here one Sunday afternoon I struck no less than four. Surely Aucklanders are not more dishonest nor our conductors more careless than those in the capital city. BONTE.