MILFORD TRANSPORT.
Sir, —May I beg the hospitality of your columns to call attention to the unsatisfactory state of our passenger service ? Things are now so bad that I firmly believe a majority of residents -would vote in favour of a return to the old tram service, if that were possible. At present, everything is made about as uncomfortable as possible. For instance, the place-name od. a bus is no certain indication of its destination—or a bus timed to leave at a given hour is often 10 minutes late. A remonstrance to the driver is met with the reply, "Oh, we shall catch the steamer all right," and they do—by dint of fast driving. But that is net the question. Why is not the service regulated by time-table ? Or why are its persistent irregularities winked at by the authorities ? A few days ago 1 went to put a lady in a Devonport bus after Mr Jasper Calder's entertainment. We found six buses marked Devonport, not not one going there—all bound for Bayswater. We waited 30 minutes for a Devonport bus. A Constant Traveller.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19721, 22 August 1927, Page 12
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