RAILWAY FARES.
We doubt very much whether the policy of increasing the fares will improve the revenue returns from our railways very materially. Such an increase is likely to detpr prople from travelling, unless they are obliged to do so, and to induce many who formerly went m the firat-class to travel second-class in future. In any case we are quite certain thai railway reform has been begun at the wrong end, remarks the'"Christchurch Press." Instead of putting a stiff increment on the passenger fares, what is wanted is a searching overhaul of the service by a competent expert, with a view to greater economy and efficiency in administration. In lessening the expenses, and not in increasing the charges, lies the rational system of reform.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9688, 12 January 1910, Page 4
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125RAILWAY FARES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9688, 12 January 1910, Page 4
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