THE RAILWAYS AND THE FINANCES.
Sir,—The - Premier, ''isabout ,• to -make a ■ pto« >,; ij found mistake over tho railnajs fares. i'lio low fares have been a hugo success, greater', - than the- originators , could: havq, hoped :v - i 'liaising the faros' as : proposcd vnll curtail lha 'passenger .traffic, - will fail to produco- tho, ■ estimated revenue, and will restore passenger. . . traffic to' tho, steamers.-\ There'; is a-great ..op*;. portunity to reduce expenditure\ by; promptly!; : : V stopping; the. extravagant_ outlay involved inj riuuiing; two express services' to; accommodate Invercargill, loosely, but aptly, described: a,* "a place with tho bottom knocked out vhert ' one cannot get 'a; drink." Fifty' thousand , pounds annually will' not far. short,,'of.'lh®< wasteful ontlay now incurred to' accommodat* ; a traffic; which' does; jiofc. justify attraction o< such an, amount.'- :■ Economy _ in. train'' running/ ,; and not' the raising of passenger fares,. is; th« ■■ ?>.: solution of the problcjn as.far as tiio aro concerned.—l am, etc.,' ' ' ■: ONLOOKER, , November IG, 1909. ; V ; v',,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 668, 19 November 1909, Page 3
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158THE RAILWAYS AND THE FINANCES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 668, 19 November 1909, Page 3
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