FARES AND FREIGHTS.
BIG INCREASE PROPOSED. A SUPPRESSED RECOMMENDATION. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. SYDNEY, Oct. 22. The Premier (the Hon. Mr. Bavin) states that the Railway Commissioners in June last, in a letter to the Works Department, outlined a scheme for ail increase in passengers’ fares and freights to cover costs amounting to £1,728,000. This letter, says Air. Havin. was evidently suppressed owing to the effect it would have had on the public mind. The Commissioners’ proposals included an increase of six per cent on all country fares, seven per cent on second-class suburban fares, and an increase of 10 per cent on most classes of good traffic; also an increase in tramway fares by a penny on two, three and four .sections.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 October 1927, Page 8
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