TE ARO TRAINS.
RUNNING PRACTICALLY EMPTY,
"Aren't we going to ask the Government, tb stop the running of express passenge*' trains to Te Aro?" said Mr. T. W. Manton at the meeting of tlio Council of thaj Chamber of Commerce yesterday. "It is. absolutely shocking to see thoso big trains! leaving Te Aro in the morning with prac* tically no passengers at all," he added. Mr, A. E. Mabin: Not only in th« morning, but in tlio middle of the dayi also. Mr. Manton: Thoso passengers thatt join tho train at Te Aro don't book forf. Wairarapa, but only for a short distance, •out. They talk of the sccond Main Trunk express not paying! These trains to Te Aro cannot possibly pay, aud thd Government certainly ought to bo askedi to stop them. , ~ Mr. Mabin asked whether it was thg desire of the council to renew its protest against the running of these unprofitable trains. "Whatever may be said about/ goods trains," he remarked, "there is no« thing to 1» said in favour of passongej trains to Te Aro." ' I The discussion did not proceed,furtUoti
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1766, 3 June 1913, Page 4
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185TE ARO TRAINS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1766, 3 June 1913, Page 4
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