EXTRA TRAM FARES
"PASSING IT ON ,, IN SYDNEY. By Telegraph—Press Aeeocjatipn—Copyright Sydney, April 6. Besides tho extra, halfpenny,, tram faro on second sections, tho Government yesterday inaugurated an extra ,tax of a penny on all'fares for Sundays. The extra tax • will also' apply to holidays. Much, public indignation is oxpressed. . (Rec. April 6, 8.30 p.m.) Sydney, April 6. Incomplete returns for tho period of 'a siiort trial of tho new tram-faro schedule show .that the increase will yield ovor £100,000 a^year. 'The rise in-the Sydney. tranv fares was decided upon by the New South Wales State Government, which control the tramways, in consequence, of the increased cost of running the system, due to increased wages and other concessions.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2117, 7 April 1914, Page 5
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118EXTRA TRAM FARES Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2117, 7 April 1914, Page 5
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