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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Trams, Etc

Trams, Etc.

The tram service of the Capital is an important feature of civic development. When compared with those of the other large centres, it is thrown into somewhat deep shade, but it meets present requirements. There is a ten minutes' service each way, and a shilling's worth of tickets will entitle the purchaser to eight rides for the whole or any portion of the three-and-a-half miles of city through which the trams run.

There is also a bus service which covers exactly the same ground, and whose principal function is to keep down the prices.

page 231

The cabs of Wellington make a fairly creditable display, and, always excepting those of Christchurch, will compare . favourably with any in the Colony.

Coaches and drags run to Island Bay and Karori, and occasionally to Kilbirnie.