CONCESSION TICKETS.
The TRAMS AND BUSES. COMPLAINT OF SHORTAGE. POSITION OF SELLING AGENTS. Complaints of difficulty in securing the ne w tram and bus concession tickets in some parts of the city and suburbs w r ere made yesterday by regular passengers who wished to avoid paying the increased cash fares for journeys to and from the city. It was stated by the tramways department that, in the majority of cases, the fault lay with the vendors of the tickets. Every week an officer of the department made a round of the agents for the purpose of replenishing their supplies of tickets, but, it was said, when offers of the new cards were made last week many of the agents refused to take them. When handing over the tickets the department collected the equivalent cash, less the agents' commission. A number of the agents said they feared the new tickets would be left on their hands, and not wishing to pay out money for an article that might be unsaleable they decided to defer their purchases. Yesterday, however, the agents apparently found there was the same demand for the tickets and the department was called on to make up stocks.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19626, 3 May 1927, Page 10
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