No flat fare for beneficiaries
The Christchurch Transport Board has decided not to liberalise the concessions granted to beneficiaries travelling on its buses.
The general manager (Mr M. G. Taylor) told the board yesterday that if beneficiaries were granted a flat fare of 5c the loss would be substantial.
! At present, he said, nearly ! 24,000 beneficiaries had conI cession permits in Christ- | church. If each of them 'made one in trip and one lout trip a week, the loss of I {revenue to the board would I amount to §47,900 a year. The Canterbury Aged ■ Peoples Welfare Council had I hoped that the board would introduce a flat fare of sc.
Mr Taylor said that where libera) ’ treatment was extended to beneficiaries in other countries for transport on public vehicles, the loss
was almost invariably refunded by Government grants. The board decided that the concession should in future be known as the beneficiaries concession, and it be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and after 6 p.m. on weekdays, all day Saturday and Sunday, on scheduled timetable services.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33783, 4 March 1975, Page 5
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