BRITISH RAILWAYS.
i'.l'GBV, -July 7
The Xational Union of Rudwaymen, at their annual conference to-day, protested against tiie heavy burdens British railways had to hear as compared with road traffic. It was pointed out that £1.200,030 .(KiO was invested in railways, which paid £-12,(100,00.) annually in local rates.
The road-users bore no such charges. On tiie contrary, towards tbe upkeep of the nation’s roads only £20,000,0.10 annually was paid by road-users through the road fund, the remaining £30.000.000 being paid by the ratepayers.
Mr. J. 11. Thomas declared that the railway companies, by paying a heavy local rate, thus actually subsidised their competitors, which, unlike the railways, which must carry any traffic, could discriminate in favour of the most profitable loads. A resolution was unanimously carried drawing attention to the unfair handicaps under which the railways suffered, and urging that a co-ordinate policy between all forms of transport should lie introduced to provide a more efficient and more economical public service.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1927, Page 2
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