RAILWAY FREIGHTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2652, 30 October 1923, Page 2

RAILWAY FREIGHTS.

AT last meeting of the local Uinta, her of Commerce, a lengthy discussion took place on the necessity for .. reduction of freights on Ihe rail wavs, i The Auckland “Herald,’’ m Friday's issue, in rcl'crriug editor iidlv lo - (lie same subject, say-: ‘‘While Mr McVdly recalls If: ' there was mi increase in charges until the wa i niiid iI: <in - - pre\ ailed, •i' is more import an I Iha I for Ihirl y veins the tariff has not boon revised. Illust ralions have frequently been given, am! must bo familiar to t ■■■' doparlmoiit, of (lie anomalies that have arisen through clmagcs in conditions during this period. Rebatethat- were made In meet local com petilion have not bi-bn witlu'lrawu, I liough Ihe rival I ransjou I is no h»n ger effective. -Elourishng imlu.-l rb - -till enjoy coiiccs-iiiUs thill vvei o given lo help them in their infancy, ■while similar enterprises in other districts are denied such privilege-. Indeed, the poverty of the . recalls from Ihe southern railways iimv be largely due lo Ihe operation of such.

anomalies. Promi.-os have freqticni - lv been made lhal Lite la riff vvoldd he completely revised In view of presold condition-, and if the department: would complete lhal under Inking, it would achieve something practical toward the realisalion of Air AlcVilly’s policy of augmenting its revenue and hastening the day when general concessions would lie possible.”