FARES NOT INCREASED
AUCKLAND BUS COMPANIES
PETROL RISE EFFECT
HE AVI Ell NUNN TNG COSTS
(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day,
No move has yet been made on the part of the major passenger bus concerns in Auckland to raise the fares a? a result of the. increase , in the petrol tax.
Meetings are planned for the near future to discuss the matter.
In the case of the North Shore Transport Company, which is the largest bus company in Auckland, operating a fleet of 44 vehicles, half of which have 'Diesel engines, the pic .1ageanent expects that the increase in operating costs for next year will be about £I6OO.
Key’s buses, operating on Waterfront road are expected to cost £I2OO more to run this year, .and the company has decided to carry the extra burden until the end of the financial year, when the position will be reviewed.
The third large operating concern, the Passenger Transport Company, has set the extra cost brought f‘-out by tile increased petrol tax at £I3OO a year for its fleet of 30 vehicles. At the present time the company does not intend to ears the cost on to the public if it can possibly avoid such action. P will, however, be associated with the meetings planned. The financial year of the company ends m November
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20016, 15 August 1939, Page 11
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221FARES NOT INCREASED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20016, 15 August 1939, Page 11
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