MR. FISHER IN THE SOUTH.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1982, 12 February 1914, Page 5

MR. FISHER IN THE SOUTH.

,\ \ .""...; ' ——- '.' RAILWAY TARIFF RECONSTRUCTI TION. ■' (By Telejrash.-Prcsa. Association.) J y ':':' .».'. „'■' '■„:' Core, February 11. lho Hon. F. M. B. Fisher received ; a local deputation last evening regardZing tho Gore-Hedgchopo railway. The : Minister thought that when people • Were willing :to help, themselves, it :' ought to bo tho duty of the Govcrn- .; Went to assist them. Asked concorn- , nig the handicap which was placed on Gore and .country towns by tho tariff ~ on; timber and coal—foreign timber being carried over the railways at rato and a half to inland towns, a disadvantage 'compared with transit (rate to .seaports—the Minister,, in Ms reply, said that Mrf'Hiley (General Manager) • . . was about to,reconstruct tho railways ;tariff.. The Minister promised to see , tho. Minister of Railways on tho matter. The deputation mentioned thematter of deposits which was necessary ;, for.: contractors to lodge with, the Government 'when undertaking a. 1 contract (the Government, after completion of contract, returned the.deposit less ex- '■- change). The Minister said that it seeWd .like cheese-paring not to return ~'' the money in full. Ho promised his .; support. ' .. ~' ■Mr. Fisher, .visited.' Mataura .'this : morning, and, also visited, the 'Gore . ...High School, afterwards leaving for , Queehstown. '.-,'.' ~'.