A PROTEST AGAINST THE RAILWAY TARIFF.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 7 September 1880, Page 2

A PROTEST AGAINST THE RAILWAY TARIFF.

(by telegraph.) Invercargill, September 6. A largely attended public meeting was held in the Theatre this evening to protest against; the recent chftng§ in the railway Unstable affecting the Invercargill ana Kingston lines. A. telegram to Mr. Bain, M.H.R. } from Mr. Oliver was read, explaining that the changes had heen made by the Commissioner without the Jkpnigtgr'g sanction, and that an tjon of the matter was going og. A rego-= lution, moved by Mr, G. tumgden, and seconded by Mr. H. Eeldwiok, was. passed ft That the alteration.is an arbitrary ißterference by the Commissioner in the' interests of a private company, to the prejudice of the public interests, and the diminution of colonial revenue, .and that the time-table formerly in force should be immediately reverted to." The second resolution was moved by. Mr. J. T. Thomson, seconded by, Mr. J. Hatch, and carried without dissent, " That the attenb-> • ■ . ,k-

t-ion of Government be called to, the fabt that in haulage of goods from Lumsden in classes A B C and D the charges for 150 miles to Dunedin are about the same as for 50 miles to Invercargill, depriving the latter of traffic with its own districts." The last resolution was moved by Mr. J. W. Mitchell, seconded by Mr. F. W. Wade, and agreed to, " That copies of the foregoing resolutions be forwarded to the Minister for Public Works." A strong feeling was evinced on the question at the meeting and in town.