FERRY FARES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2141, 6 May 1914, Page 7

FERRY FARES

ALTERATIONS MADE. Objection to the proposed increase in ferry fares ivtis the iitoth-o which in-> iluccd Messrs. W. Perry and Mafsdon to wait upon a special meeting of tire Rasthoflriw Borough Council an Monday evening. Tlvey i la.it! before tic ;- «o«ieiJ tho Mso.hiti.Qiiß passed at a pubo lie meeting of ratepayers held at Easts Ikwho. last week, " Tlj.tfs© were to tho following effect:--"(1) That this meet* ing of ■permanent residents and rate•r payers protests against tho proposal to a increase Hie price of family tickets; i$ '■ that ibis meeting «m-s-idi?i\s that a |> family should be deeinod to consist « 'J parents ami all children living iind&r, ' wio yoofj (3) that it ho a T tiaii from tin's mooting that tiro comi- ), ell retail* the 4,1.0 p.ro, ho.at from Wol- [:' lingtori".if itis possible to-do so." After n placing their views _ before the council, n the deputatioii's business concluded, and *" the. council for threo hours soiteht to JJ coroq to an imctef-standifig on wiuyfc is proving an extremely delicate question, j' At tho coHClusM-n of the meeting iti> wtis reported that the following motions " hail- bean , s By Councillor Pmstoii: "That tlio H sehednlo 1)6 amended so as to provide i- that the ameunt payable by each son s- of 21 years or oter be <£3, £2, mid £1, d for the animal halkyea-rly and quarterly family tickets respectively, and that the w-o-rfls 'ajfid mo howselwM servant' he eliminated from tlio definition of a; family." By Councillor Preston s "That pay* Went for tho annual family ticket may be made, in two sums of 6$ per «eii.t-. and 40 Bar cent, of the total aiiiount." rt The Mayor gave notice to rescind tho latter auioittJroetit. The schedule as 11 amended was approved and a rKcoj-ft* ;-. wemlatioia was made that the decisions ir of the -council shall come" into force on •-' Monday, May 25.. ■ ■t Tlio time-4a'b-Io decirkd nn affects the o present- time-table iiv the altering of tins - 7 a.tii. boat from tin? bay so as In leave i- five minutes earlier,' and flip substitution of an 11 a.m. teat from tlio hay for e the present 145 p.m. boat.