NO PENNY SECTIONS
AUCKLAND ABANDOHS EXPERIMENT HEAVY TRAM AND BUS LOSSES [lzk United Peess Asscciatiom.] : AUCKLAND, November 25. Tho City Council decided last night to revert, probably at mid-December, to the old schedule of tramway sections, and to introduce tho former scale or cash faros obtaining before the present system was initiated for six months’ trial. The concession cards will provide for a discount of 25 per cent., this rate being less liberal than th pre-October scale. The most striking effect of the new, schedule is the abandonment of penny Sections, and an alteration of the shortened sections near the city to the original length. In his report to the council the chairman of the Tramways Committee stated that the average weekly revenue for October showed a reduction of £959, which the undertaking could not sustain, particularly in view oi the continued losses on buses which,, on the fortnightly period ended November 12, worked out at £76,800 annually (excluding capital charges and depreciation).
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Evening Star, Issue 19723, 25 November 1927, Page 4
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163NO PENNY SECTIONS Evening Star, Issue 19723, 25 November 1927, Page 4
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