THREEPENNY TRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 226, 24 September 1929, Page 20

THREEPENNY TRAMS.

THE SUGGESTED FEAT RATE.

ONEHUNGA OPINIONS.

Mr. S. Vella last night followed up the address given by Mr. F. S. Morton to the Onehunga Borough Council in committee last week by moving: "That the principle of aflat rate on the trams be officially supported." He said he understood that, a few of the tradespeople were rather opposed to the idea, as they thought it would take residents into town to do their shopping. However, they must regard the residents as a whole, and he felt convinced that there was nothing. like cheap fares to make people live in the more distant suburbs.

-Mr. Walter Hill supported this view, being convinced that it would induce more people to live in Onehunga.

The Mayor, Mr. :E. Morton, was emphatic in his opinion that the proposal was in the best interests of the whole community. High fares tended to crowd people into flats and, slums, whereas cheap fares took .them into the suburbs, where they could enjoy fresh air and cultivate a garden. , The tradespeople might lose a little at first, through residents making extra trips into the city. His conviction was that people were not very fond of carrying parcels home by tram, and in any case the district would gain far more business from the new people who would decide to live in the suburbs.

Mr. Vella urged that the scheme was well worth a trial, as it had proved a great success in other cities, and his motion was carried unanimuosly.