PIG WEIGHING AT RAILWAYS
"With rcforenco •to tlio resolution passed by tho iccent Dominion Conference of tho New Zealand Farmers' Union, requesting die Governmd.it to take over the; control of . pig-weighing scales at ..railway stations/.' writes the General Manager for Railways, "I have the honour to inform you that the appliances in question arc the private .property of various-firms and companies, i ir ho have deemed inexpedient to instal . sucli scales -at certain; stations where the volume or nature, of : their business warranted it. In; granting the., right to. erect scales on railway property, my. Depnrtment.'took adequate care to prsvent the icreMioii of a monopoly, and tho conditions; provide that 1 any; other individual r or firm may obtain , the'right to use tlio ;scalesupon equitable, terms, viz., paymeiit of an equal share of the cost of erection and.maintenance of the particular''scales of. which, the use is desired. VTho provision of scales for .weighing live pigs at the time of loading by'rail isja special development of a particular /business, and, cannot bo regarded as'a. legitimate or essential part of- equipment"; of a'railway.. Under the, circumstances' regretted. that the request embodied in the resolution canHot' be acceded to'."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2582, 2 October 1915, Page 8
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196PIG WEIGHING AT RAILWAYS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2582, 2 October 1915, Page 8
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