HASTINGS RAILWAY TRAFFIC

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 74, 14 April 1937, Page 7

HASTINGS RAILWAY TRAFFIC

Inward Figures Show Good Credit SHEEP DOUBLED ■Following on the announcement of an in'cr'eased "revonue o'f £5547 iii the outward traffic ■at the Hastings Railway Station for the year ended March 31 last, the Statipnmaster, Mr. J. P. CasMdy, state'd this morning that the returns for the inward traffic also reVealcd a very substantial credit, the amount bteing £4190. This maltes the total revenue bf the Hastings tetation £9737 above that of the previous ydar. • A striking f eature of the returns is , that the number 'of sheep brought to Hastings during the past 12 months is more than double that of the -previous . .year, This is attributed very largely ; to the opening up of ,the East Coast linej ahd the greatly increased traffic : to the freezzing works. Tha't the goods should show an apprteciable xnargin bf increa'se camb As' rath'er a 'surprise to of&cials, for .the traffic of ex|>ort fruit 'this 'te'eason has , been less than 20 per cent. of a nOrmal ' year, and in addition there was only a, fraction of the usual traffic of fruit to local markets. The continued activity in the bu'ild- ' ing , trade is reflected in the increase of 544 ton'S of timber that were earried by rail this yearIn only one phase of the business hhs a loss been shown, and that is in the carriage of parcels, the revenue from this sburce b'eing about 7 per coiit. • xlbwn. DetaiKs bf ihe i'nw'ar6. returns fdt 1 Stoe'k ahd gbods, And alsb of the tevOnue, are as foll'ow: — ■

♦Denotes decreaee. The outward returns were previbusly publi'shed And revealed that the total outward traffic revenue for the year under rbview amounted tb £56,279, or £5547 in eXceSs bf that for the previbuS year. The totai royenue, both inward and "outward, for the Hastings station last year amounted to £118,764 as again, ?t £109,027 the pteViohs year, an increase of £9737.

Differ1937 1936 ence. Cattle ....... 1,152 1.142 10 Sheep ........ 35/233 16,585 18,648 timber (tons) 2,191 1,547 544 Goods (tons) 39,933 39.601 332

STOCK AND GOODS

DifEer- , 1937 1936 ettce. . Parcels ,... £1,668 £1,796 £12S* Goods £60,817 £56/499 £4318 Total ... £62,485 £58,295 £4,190

REVENUE