THE HIGH COST OF TRAVEL
(Prom "Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) The first-class fare from Auckland to Newmarket is only f ourpence, but it cost H. H. Russell £3/1/8 more than that. ■■'■■.... He took a ticket from Newmarket to Takanini (return), but on his return journey he overlooked the fact and continued on to Auckland. As a consequence he had to face three charges— failing to produce a ticket, overriding on his ticket, and intending to evade payment of his legal fare. Magistrate Hunt, on hearing the charge, remarked emphatically: ''They're always doing that!" The Bench inflicted a fine of £2, witnesses' expenses £1, plus two shillings costs. Expensive travelling at twenty shillings and eightpence per mile!
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NZ Truth, Issue 1062, 1 April 1926, Page 9
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116THE HIGH COST OF TRAVEL NZ Truth, Issue 1062, 1 April 1926, Page 9
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