WORKMEN'S TICKETS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20162, 24 January 1929, Page 14

WORKMEN'S TICKETS.

Sir, —In. your issue of January 23, I noticed Mr. A. E. Ford's report on bus fares. Mr. Ford suggested that all workmen's and apprentices' tickets should be abolished. He then goes on to say, "I am of the opinion that while objections will probably be taken by residents of Henderson, New Lynn, Glen Eden and Blockhouse Bay districts to the discontinuance of workers' tickets, no real hardship will be inflicted upon them. These districts are well served by railways for which workers' tickets are issued at rates much cheaper than ours." I would like to draw Mr. Ford's attention to the fact that I, along with many other Blockhouse Bay residents, live about two miles from the nearest railway station, the roads to which are not of the best and footpaths are unknown. The worker's ticket at present, costs 5s 9d per week, to be used bv eight o'clock (I start work at 9 a.m.), according to the report it wi'i now cost 6s 9d weekly. Do you not think that for a young man earning a small salary that is "a large sum to pay out (about £ls per year). No concession is made for any trips lost through siokness or holidays. Blockhouse Bayite. .