OWNERSHIP OF TRANWAYS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 2 November 1912, Page 4

OWNERSHIP OF TRANWAYS.

■v ■' Jr^;^'BED;flF : :EpsES, u 'i ■'■;:.'■;'■ ■ ; 'Tt is .well fa: take-notice of the position! of those gentlemen. who did not' part .ydifil their;trimis;"..remarked the Mayor,"of. -Auckland:'(Mt.. : C. J. Parr), when discus- ; sing.' the/City's position, in regard to.the : tramway-' eery.ico during the course, of an ■'address -'.'upon-' the':' Greater'-,■■:■ Auckland - 'scheme on.; Tuesday evening'.'.''' "TV'cllinej'; ■ton'.said ■'■ifc.was. not/going-' to' bo foolish,. lik« : . Auckland ,nud':part -witJi■:its trams;; arid? what;-wis:.: the. .result?-, The.v_:.lost'nioney.aad had :.to : raise all" their fares/ Christchurob..and .Duncdin -.have ; doncj.. slightlr.better; bi)fr tho : fact remains': that ■ ■Auckland: has -done'..wclkhy ■ not owning/ 'its^.traras;'Vl do .not'say, that I advocate private' ownership: of.ihese services,., but. ■6i'mply ,: wish':to point'out, the fact that ■those' people,;c'arryihg. on their do hot deep upon l beds of roses. ■;./;

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