RESULTS OF RAILWAY STRIKES.
The British railway companies have arrived at a common decision with regard to the increase of passenger ifares -which has for some time been in contemplation to mee<tf the increased cost of working caused 1 by .the recent advances of wages to the lower grades. Ordinary Bares are to ' remain as before. With regard to excursion fares, the associated companies have agreed in principle to a 10 per cent, increase, (but no unifartb date for bringing the. change into operation has beeii fixed. Contract ticket-holders have , been selected on most lines to bear some share of the burden, and season tickets are being I 'raised fromi 2f;to 10 per cent., according to distance. In the London district, iat a rate within a radius: of eight or ten miles &om the termini, "there , will /probably -be little or am Any appreciable increase of: - defeat .ittß oWri object,'.the.; Semiring ;af more revenue, by driving ' away to the and -motpr ,Week-<Hid, • halfday, and market-day fares are being increased by small percentages on most lines..
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10547, 1 February 1912, Page 4
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175RESULTS OF RAILWAY STRIKES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10547, 1 February 1912, Page 4
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