BRITISH RAILWAYS.
SLUMP IN TRAFFIC,
BY CABLE—FRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, Oct. 4.
A Blue Boo"k publishes remarkable evidence of the slump in railway traffic as a result of the increase in fares by 75 per cent. During 1921 two hundred, million fewer journeys were made compared with 1920. The receipts fell £10,000,000, the total being £246,000,----000. The decrease in first-class passengers amounted to 50 per cent. The statistics make it clear that the increased fares are more than the public can pay. The railway managers are meeting on Tuesday to consider the question of a general reduction. ,
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 6 October 1922, Page 5
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96BRITISH RAILWAYS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 6 October 1922, Page 5
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