Railway Concessions.
# REDUCTIONS IN FREIGHT. Concessions are to be made for the carriage of coal and timber intended for foreign export, and the freight of road metal for local bodies has been reduced to about half the present rate. Farmers, station-owners, meat freezing companies and dealers are to receive a rebate of 20 per cent, on the carriage of sheep, but this will be conditional upon the parties in question undertaking that the whole of their sheep shall be carried by rail when requiring to be moved. It is found that the present rates are so high as to compel sheep to be driven long distances, and that it is calculated that the concession just mentioned will involve no loss of revenue, as the increased traffic in sheep will more than j compensate for the reduction. Moreover, as fruitgrowers have obtained a j concession in freight, it is considered , that stockowners have also a fair claim < to some consideration. — Times. ;
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 181, 31 January 1895, Page 2
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160Railway Concessions. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 181, 31 January 1895, Page 2
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