RAILWAY FARES.
REDUCTION PROPOSAL REJECTED. Tho member for Napier (Mr. J. V. Brown) suggested to tho Minister for Railways in the House of Representatives yesterday that ho might redueo secondclass railway fares and recoup tho loss thus incurred by an increase in firstclass fares,. Tho Minister declined to entertain the suggestion. "Second-class railway tickets," ho stated, "aro issued at a 'faro of per mile between country stations and cities, and in suburban areas at a slightly lower rate. These fares are considerably lower than tram fares and do not form any bar to travel. _ This is definitely shown by tho increase in the number of passengers annually carried over'the New Zealand railways. The increase in the cost of living has apparently 110 effect on the extent of travel, and it inust bo borno in mind that coincident with tire increased cost of living tho cost of operating tlio railways lias increased by reason of tho fact that the Government has materially advanced tlio rates of wages paid to Tailway employe?*, while it lias not made jmy increaso in fares or freights charged for the conveyance of passengers or .commodities over the lines."
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1804, 17 July 1913, Page 6
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192RAILWAY FARES. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1804, 17 July 1913, Page 6
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