GRAIN and RAILWAY CHARGES.
An advertisement in the Oamarn papers calls for tenders for carting 150 tons of grain from the Hakateramea station to Onraara, a distance of 60 miles, alongside .50 of. which ai railway runs, “ The advertisement in question/' sdys the Mail, “ is a somewhat startling and severe commentary upon our national railway i. system, especially when we take into/.acCount ■ the ; facts that the railways were constructed forthe purpose of opening up the cpuntry and aiding in (developing its resources, and, that in a large measure the grain traffic of Canterbury and Otago is de-pended-upon'to give the colony a 'satisfactory return for the millions expended upon public works.” :
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Patea Mail, 30 March 1882, Page 3
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110GRAIN and RAILWAY CHARGES. Patea Mail, 30 March 1882, Page 3
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