TRAIN FAKES

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 74, 28 March 1934, Page 17

TRAIN FAKES

WORKERS' .TICKETS

The Mayol o£ Pctonc (iti D McKenzie) reported to (ho Buion<i;h Council on Monday th.it a deputation irom Lower Hutt and Petone had waited 611 the Geneial Managei of Kul ways with regaid to woikcis' ti.uus and tickets. The Geneial Manatrci had lephea that he did not oonsidei the complaint that tiains wcic ciowdtd ■was justified. His ofiiceis had le ported having investigated the m.ittei and had/found'from 50 to SO vacant seats. If it was ever neecssaij he would not hesitate to put on an extia carnage. With regaid to the distnbution of eais it was always cndeavouied to keep the second class carnages at the front of the train to facilitate the woilcers catching trains m Wellington. In regard to the fares, he could riot recommend kis boaid to make'any ie duction. 'JPJio woikeis' tiams did not pay, and the Hatt Valley lino was not a pacing section. The laics, whfch had been 2s 3d per week, had been, iiisecl to 3s 3d, which, was as low1 us the South Australian faxes and lower than in any othei Austiahau State or 1* South Atii(ia. t These faics ranged from, 3s fod to 5s 3d pci1 week. The, Mayor i>aid ho had pointed, out that the use 111 iaies ioi the woikri was 42 per cent., and this on top of a heavy reduetioa m wage« Councillor Cumuiing said that thu basjc wage *was higher in the Austia lian'States'. , 'Councilloi' Campbell said that the only rconeession which the Geneial Manager was prepared to recommend to his boardjjre^s the granting ot a weekly ticket'to •workers undei 20 yeais oi ,age at 2s 6jl per week. The leport was adopted ana tho de putation thanked. v