NEW RAILWAY CONCESSIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 269, 6 November 1908, Page 2

NEW RAILWAY CONCESSIONS.

CHEAP SUBURBAN FAKES. FREIGHT ON JtOAD JIETAL REDUCED. iiy Telegraph.—Prcss Aasociatioi,. Wellington, Last .Night. Details of railway concessions arc published in this week's liaxetle, i.lv most important Ijciny lliiksc ill regard Hi suburban fares and commutation tickets. Tlrey come inlo upciiltiun on November Dili. i'iflj-lrii) commutation tickets are to he cxtcimed lo distances no exceeding 25 miles, and a reduction will lie made in the charges. varying from a shilling in the ease of the sevrnmile distance to lis for the old maximum of 20 miles. A iirst-class commutation ticket over 20 miles formerly cost .€2 Ms. but under the new scab. 1 a ticket for a 25 miles' journey will cost four shillings less than than formerly charged for twenty roues. Kamily commutation tickets are extended from 20 to 2.) miles, and reductions made ill the charges. A lifty-trip ticket for a 10mile journey formerly cost .CI 18s firstclass, while the new charge will be .tl 14s. Tile old maximum was 2(1 miles for CI) Kis, but the new scale permits of a 20-mile journey for Workers' commutation tickets for twelve trips arc extended from 20 to 25 miles without reduction in the former charges. The 25 mile ticket will cost 13s. A new scale of reduced suburban fares is scheduled, for distances of 20 miles and un-

der, and it is provided that where a combination of the suburban and ordinary fares gives cheaper fare for the through journey that, if computed on ordinary mileage rates, the combined rate shall be charged to stations outside the suburban area. It has frequently been represented that in charging freights upon tire measurement of bulky packages consigned from Lyttelton to (Jhrislchurch, people have had to pay upon four times their actual weight. The Railway Department will not, in future, if charging by measure ment, charge more than double th< amount payable upon the actual weight Road metal, scoria, shingle and grave and other materials for road-making re quired by local bodies Jiave hithertc been carried in lots of not less mail M toils at half the classified rates fo class Q, the minimum charge being 2 (id per ton. Hie Department in futur will charge three-viguts the lj ratei with a minimum of Is (id per ton.