RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
PROTECTING N.Z. GOODS. REVISION OF TARIFF. Replying in Parliament last week to a question by Mr R Masters (Stratford), the Hon. J. G, Coates (Minister of Railways) said it had long been the established policy to charge many articles manufactured in New Zealand at a lower rate than similar articles of foreign manufacture. This policy was adopted for the purpose of encouraging the establishment of local industries in the country. It was obvious that where goods of any kind had to be transferred by railway or otherwise from cities to country districts the cost of transport to the country residents was inevitably more than that paid in cities which were ’ adjacent to ports. Transport charges were, however, governed by the distance the article had to be carried and the services performed in connection with the transportation. The revision of the railway tariff was now in. hand, added the Minister. The extent to which rates could be altered must, of course., be governed by the state of the railways and other finances, and it was hoped a final decision would be arrived at shortly as to the extent to which reductions could be made on the existing charges.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4592, 30 July 1923, Page 3
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199RAILWAY TRAFFIC. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4592, 30 July 1923, Page 3
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