GOVERNOR'S ORDERLY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1656, 24 January 1913, Page 4

GOVERNOR'S ORDERLY.

WHAT TRAM FARE?\ ~

rt The question of what tram I fare th» Governor, s - orderly should pay occupied 1 sotno of the City Council's time last • ■ night. •■ '.' ■•• ;' Councillor R. Fletcher brought the matter up,- He said that; application' had'- ; been made to the Tramway Committed for ft pass at £10 per eniiuni. ; Tho committoe had voted on the question of whether this should bo granted, or a similar eoncessioa: ■■ to that, allowed the Post and Telegraph ' Department (25 per cent, reduction ■• on,'■'■, ordinary faros) made. Councillot Fletche? brought tho matter beforo thooouncil lost night, and as both 1 the proposals ,ed "wore negatived, the orderly will hava ; to pay ordinary fares." . .' • During the discussion Councillor Flotokort said that some little timo ago there was a hiio and cry against tho number of concessions which woro made on tho train« . ways.] There.was oven talk of calling in the city engineer's pass.' ■■'. .■ Councillor Hindmarsh held that theso '■'. orderlies should bo placed on the' 6amo footing as the rest of the public'; It would '-■ be a publio scandal to. take.passes away ■', from people who devote their lives to doing; good and give these passes to tho Governor's orderly. The messenger for tTio / public hospital got lio. reduction. Of Course, ono who spoko in this vein was liable to bo twitted by being called "dir loyal.". ' ,: r- . '.'. . '