SUNDAY TRAIN SERVICES
PROTEST FROM OTAGO LEAGUE. BREACH OB' FAITH CHARGED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Sept. 24. The Otago Expansion League met to consider the situation that has arisen owimr to the decision of the Railway Department to cut out all Sunday trains on the Port Chalmers line. It was pointed out that while on the plea of economy the department was breaking faith with and seriously inconveniencnig its regular patrons (ticketholders and daily travellers), it still continued to cater for Sunday travellers by excursion trains at lower fares than those charged on suburban services. The action of the department sought to force all travellers from and to Port Chalmers to take its road serThe secretary was instructed to forward a strongly-worded protest to the Minister of Railways.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1930, Page 9
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128SUNDAY TRAIN SERVICES Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1930, Page 9
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