REDUCED STEAMER FARES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 52, 26 March 1909, Page 2

REDUCED STEAMER FARES

NEW PLYMOUTH— ONEHUNGA SERVICE.

WHAT THE MAIN TRUNK IS DOING.

3y Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The Union Steamship Company and the Northern Steamship Company have for some time past been considering the advisability of effecting changes ill the Inchunga-JJew Plymouth steamer service endered necessary hy the opening of lie Main Trunk railway, hut have deryed action pending such time as they oulil form an opinion as to the proporion of passenger traffic diverted from he steamer to tlie railway which would ic regarded as not due to the novelty f the new route, lioth companies have or some time heen urged to reduce the arcs between Oncliunga and New Plynouth, it being pointed out to them hat the rates for this joi..ncy are a [rent deal higher than have heen ruling ictween Wellington anil Lyttelton. They, lowever, hesitated to reduce, in view of he completion of the Main Trunk railray, which wouid undoubtedly divert a I urge portion of the Ouehnnga-Xew Plyiiouth traffic to the all-rail journey, but n deference to the continued agitation t lias been decided to try the ell'ect of barging tile same saloon rates as oilain between Wellington and Lyttelton, iiiinely, 20s single and 35s return; also o reduce the steerage to 15s single and 2s lid return. The fares from Oneiiinga to Wellington nml vice versa will if: saloon, single 40s, return 755; stcerge. single [llls, return 52s (id. These ati's arc to come into operation on Ist ipril.