COST OF TRAVELLING

Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1933, Page 7

COST OF TRAVELLING

SURCHARGE OF 30 PER CENT. ' - 1 I' CONCESSIONS WIPED OUT. < Passenger fares from New Zealand to England with the increase in the ex-r change rate New Zealand on London now carry a surcharge of 30 per. cent, as against 15 per cent, in force until Sunday. This is made up of 25 per cent on the exchange rate and ,5 per cent. Government passenger tax. On" January 15 the shipping companies announced fairly drastic cuts in ,-the passenger fares in the first and. cabin classes, bot via Panama and via Australia. These cuts, which it was hoped, would stimulate travel, have now been I, wiped out, the new fares in some cases being in some cases above the pre-cut rates, and in others slightly below them. Tourist and third-class fares, in which no cuts were made, bear the full brunt of the increase, i The following examples, giving the advertised fare, the fare plus the 15 per cent surcharge, and plus the new3o per cent, surcharge, will give some idea /, of the huge increase in the cost of travel due to the adverse exchange rate and Government tax. 1 First-class minimum, £Bs;_ plus 15 per cent., £97 15s; plus 30 per cent., £llO ICs. Cabin class minimum, £67; plus 15 per - cent., £77 Is; plus 30 per cent., £B7 2s. Tourist and third-class at £4O; plus 15fper cent., £46; at 30 per cent, £52. In the New Zealand-American service fares have also increased. These, however, are fixed at fortnightly intervals, London on. New York, and London on Montreal, having to be taken into • account as well, as New Zealand on Lon , don. :