RAILWAY FREIGHTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 17, 23 October 1945, Page 8

RAILWAY FREIGHTS

FARMERS PENALISED

At last executive meeting of the New Zealand Farmers' Union (Auckland Province) a request was received from Whangarei that an enquiry be made with regard to the railway frieght on wool which from Tauranga to Auckland, a distance of over 80 miles, was over 10/_ a bale. In a following discussion it was stated tliat receipts from wool per ton-mile were the highest of all classes ol' traffic by rail, with the exception of benzine. Mr A. K. Robinson stated that the only remedy was a complete revision of the. whole railway tariff rates from top to bottom. The policy should not lie wliat the traffic will bear as at present but what is its real cost. At present goods had to pay for the passengers tlieir stations, carriages conductors and other staff. The cheapest freight of all about Id per ton-mile, was for goods mostly sent to the cities, the 3d to 4d per ton.mile stuff was mostly livestock and other farming requirements. Mr A. McConaughy interjected that the farmers were usually called upon to do their own handling on and off trucks. The secretary was instructed to investigate the position and report.

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