LONG DISTANCE FARES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 662, 12 November 1909, Page 5

LONG DISTANCE FARES.

I,: , NEW .RAILWAY.: PROPOSALS; • •' r One, of ..the proposals 'in tho 'Bud-' get which .is of considerable interest ■ to the', travelling, public- and particularly to (hrouch the Main ; Trunk Railway between . Wellington .and , Auckland,' is 'that-' in reference ,to the alteration' in long distance fares.- are"reduced on" a sliding, scale according to distance, but under tile new, proposal l - long distance passengers: will receive no . advantage,': it being intendod to' maKp,the fares uniform,for all distances; viz a penny; half : penny per mile ■ first-class, and one ;- per mile". v It' is - ex- 1 pectod that this alteration irill. result in an income a year in .the railway reT W? e .-,,-The.-eftect"m. regard' to 'passengers on the, Mam Trunk railway,'particularly to second-class passengers, wdU be.somowhat considerable t at; the first-class faro,, bl' tween Wellingitm.Md Aucklaad is 19s. Id., but under the. proposed, new-scale x it .will bo' increased, to' £2 13s. .3d., an increase of Us. 2d. -Ihe.second-class fare at present,is ,£l. i s . 2d., .but, the scaje will raise, it to JIJSs. 6d' (an increase of ■ 14s. 4d.) or to nearlv the amount of the present first-class fare™ ft will' tBtoJ be seen .that the effect - of. tW proposed, new scale,,. if carried into, effect, may 'Tave Main^nltiel—■•?■ J' .{f. 6ai . d - th M the increase of revenue is not the only object, aimed at in the proposed alterahon.-It has- been riated that the dTPartment. have : had /.reason -'to' suspect' that' the presenting distance scale is absurd in through. persons - taking out a ticket for a long distance trip, and after bavelling-a.certain distance transferring their', tickets, to. other passengere who join the train-; at the station:at which they themselves' aligh" and.travel, to the station, for -.rhich, the ticket j