MANCHESTER FARES STIR UP MORE HORNETS
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SQTRONG opposition to the raising of Manchester's bus and tram fares continued at the hearing of the corporation's application by Mr. W. E. Macve, North-Western Regional Transport Commissioner.
Wythenshawe objectors have been particularly vociferous, and it is maintained that the 8d. return fare is a social and economic necessity filr the class of community on the estate. Suggestions that the lid. fare should be made basic were countered by the statement that the rest of the public should not pay for this particular service, which cost More than it earned.
Evidence of the effect of the proposed increases on the labour situation in Trafford Park was given, it being said that workmen's fares were wanted, and not increases. The clerk to Cheadle and Gatley Council said that residents there did not feel disposed to subsidize the residents of Manchester.
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