VICTORIAN RAILWAYS
... IMPROVING FINANCES. :',.' INCREASE IN FARES. Press Association—Copyright, Aus- ;.., tralian andl N.Z (liable Assn. (Received 11.5 a.m.);.>! MELBOURNE. This Day. '■''lifter/ Minister of RjaiUiwayis, iHlan., T: Tunnidilfe lias, announced-that in order to improve the financial position off' the railways, an increase of five per cent will be made on a'fl fares on lines outside the area «f■■' tramway competition. ''."' ' 'The Ministry takes a serious; view of .: the! coinipetitiau between jwi© . two services, and it'has directed the railways- Commissioner to ; conimiun.to.fca with; the Tramways Board to/ see Whether some basis df co-ordination can bo reached.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 81, 3 February 1928, Page 5
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