TRAM FARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18354, 21 March 1923, Page 12

TRAM FARES.

Sir.—l «m quite in accord «<ith the writer of the letter published on tibe 16th inst. It is quite time we got back, to the old fares, considering the general! reductions. The time is fast approaching when a new council will fall to be fleeted, and it should be impressed on candidates that some definite action must be .taken. The public has had quite a sufficient cy of procrastination, and I venture to *ay that no one will welcome a change .more than the tram ■'staff-•' ''*"'" DAILT TnAVBMJ*V

Sir,—Surely the City Council caw* 0 * ignore the many protests by the pubm. and must now see its way clear to redwee the tram fares, which, at present, are *« imposition to the working community., particularly the excessive charge made fed* Sunday travelling. Why concession tickets cannot be used on that particular day is indeed a mystery. Why cannot a. transfer ticket be obtained when a per- i son needs to change from one tram to > another to complete a journey, instead of being obliged to pay another threepenny first section fare, and so on? Imagine what this means to the wage-earner. As Sunday is the only free day for city workers to pay visits— often longpromised ones—it is certainly the duty of the City Council to so revise the fares that wo can at least enjoy Sunday travelling without feeling too much of a pull on the- family's limited purse. HOPEFTTL.