FISH AND HEAVY RAILWAY : - , CHARCES.
t •. (To the Editor.): 1 Sir,—Re high price, of-fish. ' T have a, small fish-shop here, and, only using. a small quantity, I get it as ■wanted from a dealer in Feilding. To- , day arrived' 181b. of fisli, without skinor bone," just tho flesh ready for cooking. .The railway charged 2s. to bring that 181b. from Feildinf, *32 miles. I serve la: meals. That fish cost me 9d. per lb., through tho pxorbitant charges of the railway. : The Carrier to-day told the railway people what a shame it was to charge a .poor man struggling to get a living, and all they did was to memblo about parcels. And yet fish is supposed to go at fish rates. Now, Sir, I have put up with those charges soveu mouths, frightened. if I opened inv they would not carry it at all.'-•-I trust you will seo your way to j publish this,, as I think Is. would be, enough.—l am, etc., - [ H BEAYIS y HunServjlle.. ', - ■'--:.V; v .'-", P.S.—They. say: .561b 1 :' of'fruifc comes from Hastings for 6(1.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2200, 13 July 1914, Page 5
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180FISH AND HEAVY RAILWAY : – , CHARCES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2200, 13 July 1914, Page 5
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