Railway Mismanagement
Fiom airports of ibe cofeuyr came complaints of railway 'mismanagement. Says tbe;W»ikato Correspondent of the New ZealsndTHerald^^hat prohibitive railway charges are 4ei»C (^ ; obstruct the profitable settJ<^en^of> country districts and discourage cultivation, nefer better exemplified tliSjU in tho ease bj^kn • . order sent> fri»m an Auckland daiiy oiUbHshment to . Mr John Runciman. ef Broadmoadows for 130 tens of carrots. At the^^rice obtainable for them; the railway charges just eat up the margin of profit -^iproduction. The grower wouldUiare bteen«orjt*ut to have shared th? hgeaant edabjpt frwjdit.with ; the railway as his 'sharo^ofOth^ifaniaetion, bnfc . scarcely ices ttfo-itf vantage efgrpwiig iarrbts to supply freight^6' the «|-ailwaj f<Jr ih9 Dieiep^n* of 3 tbe thing. 'The frtrtflht is l3s-p$r ton from the Fancourt . station,, and .^lej-half of t^is; per ton would have Bajfci|Jpied; tho grower, but the railifay takes i.^U.; As a consequence theiarmeri* gro^noTcajjrots another year addWa' railway loee* the freight of what the/might hare grpwn, while the land remain* idle, er is thrown into fcrass and tho Auckland consumer Jias to' per more for hjscSiyt. pr'do'witfcont. "5 ,.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 3, 18 June 1885, Page 3
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174Railway Mismanagement Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 3, 18 June 1885, Page 3
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