Kaiti Buses

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19666, 25 June 1938, Page 18

Kaiti Buses

Sir, —How much longer does tlie Borough Council propose to allow the buses to run via lower Iranui ro:Td? Even some Iranui road residents and passengers feel strongly on this point. Surely the council is not. going to be

satisfied with vague statements in lieu of definite proof? Revenue statistics over the whole route will not give the true position; number of passengers using the new corner should be the deciding factor. If the council asked the opinion of the bus drivers —the men who know—there would be a verv different story to toll.

We residents know Kniti revenue is not what it should be, but whether Mr. Ball admits it or not, it is an indisputable fact that tlie new route has proved a wash-out. On many occasions even when the bus has been packed, particularly on the late night, or leaving the Post Office the first stop to set down passengers has been

. .he corner of Hinnki street. At east Rutene road passengers would live it bettor patronage than this. Several of us have knot r> close watch

on this new run, and other than the school bus trips, the buses hardiv ever stop at the corner of Harris street and Iranui road, although it was supposedly on account of the business to be picked up from this corner that the bus was shifted. The