THE MOTOR-BUS ACT.
Sir, —Does tho public realise in the least how drastic it will be when the Motor-bus Act comes into force and we have practically no buses, for there are not enough trams to cope with the huge population ? Certainly I believe the City Council is taking over the Onehunga buses, but what sort of a service will it run ? It will run mainly a tram service, with, I suppose, a few buses in tho rush hours. How are people going to get to and from work ? I got my first new four section concession ticket on August 27, which was number 27, and the one I got last Friday was number 4417. Surely that must show tho tremendous number who travel on the buses for that is only the four-section tickets and does not- include any other concession cards or cash fares, and is only on the Onehunga ran. Then what of the drivers and other men employed by the Royal motor Bus Company, without counting the men of any of the other bus companies ? A good many of them will lose their jobs, and a large- number of them arc married men. What of them ? Aren't they worth any consideration ? The City Council says it is trying to help the unemployment and then it promptly makes more. British Justice.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19452, 7 October 1926, Page 8
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223THE MOTOR-BUS ACT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19452, 7 October 1926, Page 8
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