PARKAKARIKI SUBURB.

Otaki Mail, 23 July 1923, Page 3

PARKAKARIKI SUBURB.

TRAIN AND TEAM TAKES COMPARED. STATEMENE BY MINISTER. •' I regret that the traffic between

I i'aekakariki I Wellington is not sufti- ' cient to jutify the extension of the ' suburban area' from Dhmmorton to I'aekakariki.-' stated the Hon J. G-. Coates iJU,lister for Railways,, replying to questions given notice of by Mr. VV.H. Field, M. I'. "The checks which from I'aekakariki establish the fact ;ndded the Minister) that the average number of passengers using the tram is only four per Hay. The cost of a sec-ond-class moMlhlv season ticket from Wellington to i'aekakariki is £] His. Id. Such tickets would be available for use l.v ihe purchaser on any passenger jraiu running on the line am! which .topped at I'aekakariki. The distance lo Wellington is twenty-seven mdes, e ml. assuming a passenger made one .eturi, trip per working day, the fare. ! used on the cost of a monthly season ticket, could amount to Sid, for Iweniv-seven mile.. Similarly, a ,nonih!v season ticket from Dlimmcrlou c.sts t'l 11-. lid.. :\ hod,, assuming it were used for mml on morning and evening trains onlv. reoreseats a .v. luriw trip ticket is a!.-,, now issued at a cos, of lod. per trip of eighteen miles These rates are much cheaper tin,,, tu.ni fares in the city areas, and are s, low that (here should be no Ob Made t i travel between the points specified, t cannot comply with the re- ,-,.,, st to exteml the workers' weekly