FREIGHT ANOMALIES.
FARMERS ASK QUESTIONS. *• Where are we getting? ” asked Mr W. T. Lill at the meeting of the Farmers' Uninn Executive at Ashburton " when it costs 25s to send a ton of wheat, to England, and i.'2 12s to send tin- same quantity to Palmerston North." lie declared it was ridiculous and ho wanted to know who got all the money. They should suggest to the Government the erection of a bridge over t ook Strait. Air Carr said it costs 23s to send a. ton from Lyttelton to Wellington, hut it costs only 25s Gd to send the same quantity from the Bluff to Auckland. .Mr J. I!. Dalton thought something should he done to lower the costs of landing goods in the North Island, where the man on the land were relying ‘ui dairying to hold on. They appeared to he led up with liard-up ,’tories from the South Island. Mr W. Leadloy said he thought (he executive should agitate for a thorough investigation into problems of freight, say by the Board of Trade, or other competent authority. It was evident someone was getting a big rake-off. The president (Mr H. C. 11. Witheil) stated that the Dominion Executive was investigating the matters referred to.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1927, Page 1
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208FREIGHT ANOMALIES. Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1927, Page 1
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