TRAM FARES
TO THE EDITOR. . Sir, —In reference to the remarks of Mr. George Frost, reported in your issue of yesterday, concerning the tram fares in the borough of Miramar, I should like to point out two facts which Mi\ Frost has evidently overlooked, namely:—That residents of the borough do not pay the extra fare on Saturday afternoons and Sundays, ■ there being special tickets issued enabling them to travel at the ordinary fare at those times when the casual tripper is charged the extra penny. Secondly, that, considering the length of the run from the borough boundary to the terminus, the ride at twopence is cheap, while at one penny (the ordinary fare) it is the cheapest rjde in Wellington, if not in the Dominion.' The distance from Courtenay-place to the boundary is two miles 73 chains, and the fare is threepence, while from the boundary to the Miramar terminus the distance is only a few yards short of . two miles, anpl the • fare, as stated above, is one penny. Even if the city's concession tickets are taken into account, the comparison is still much in the borough's favour, so that if the cost of travelling to Miramar should be reduced, as Mr. Frost maintains, the matter lies more with the city than with the borough.—l am, etc.," F. TOWNSEND, Mayor of .Miramar. 20th April, 1916.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 96, 24 April 1916, Page 3
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