ENCOURAGING SUBURBAN RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
"In Victoria the Government wisely encourages suburban railway traffic as far as possible," said Mr N. Wood, Gf Mount Albert, in speaking to an Auckland "Herald" representative, of a visit to Melbourne. "And," he went on, "the New Zealand Government might well follow the example of Victoria in this respect. If a man builds a £6OO house in the other suburbs of Melbourne, the Government grants a first class ticket over that suburban line to the head o* the family, free of all cost for several years, and so on, in proportion to the value of the huuse. This is encouraging suburLan settlement to a remarkable degree. The children are allowed to ride free, or at nominal charges, and the congestion of the city is being relieved at a rapid rate."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3071, 16 December 1908, Page 4
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135ENCOURAGING SUBURBAN RAILWAY TRAFFIC. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3071, 16 December 1908, Page 4
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