FREIGHT ON RAILWAYS.
ENCOURAGING COMPETITION. “ That the railway tariff should not be used for protective purposes,” was a remit moved by Mr. A. A. Ross, at the Auckland Provincial Conference of the New Zealand Fanners’ Union last week. Mr. Ross gave the history of battledore and shuttlecock between Ministers and General Managers of Railways, ending at last in an explana- ■ tion by Mr. McVilly two years ago, that an extra rate was not imposed on imported goods but a lighter rate on local stuff. } &L;. Allen pointed out that the railways were making a " rod for their own backs, quoting the use of lorries for transporting hardwoods owing to freight and a-half by rail. The local molasses to Matamata ran out at 15s lid, and Fijian at £2 Os lid. This remit was passed without any dissentients. ~
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 134, 27 May 1926, Page 5
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