SUNDAY TRAIN FARES
MINISTER EXPLAINS RISE “LOSSES MUST BE AVOIDED” Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. Today. *’The general financial position of the railways is such that, whether I like it or not, I must cut down expenses and avoid losses wherever possible/* said the Minister of Railways, the Hon. W. A. Veitch, this morning in reply to representations by Mr. J. McCombs, M.P., regarding the increase in Sunday fares on the Lyttelton line. The Minister said he wished to make it clear that the fact that there was no effective road competition with the railway between Lyttelton and Christchurch was not the reason for the increase that had been made in the Sundav fares. The decision to charge ordinary fares on Sundays applied to all Sunday train services in New Zealand. The reason for the step was that when he obtained a report from the general manager of railways as to where the losses were being made it was found that the only Sunday service that was paying was that between Wellington and the Hutt Valley, all ‘he others being losing propositions.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1023, 14 July 1930, Page 9
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