RAILWAY TRAFFIC OF COUNTRY TOWNS.

Shannon News, 30 September 1927, Page 3

RAILWAY TRAFFIC OF COUNTRY TOWNS.

SOME COMPARATIVE FIGURES. A study of tliTTables of traffic and revenue in the annual Railway statement affords some interesting compansons, but the figures are no longer tine indicators of the trade of any P»Hicular district, owing to the various quantities of traffic that have been diverted to motor lorries and buses. Fienres are. given below for the foui £to?ip>l tl™. mwe™ W..llmgto„ and Palmerston on this coast, togethei with the returns from Fcildmg and Waipukurau bv way of contrast. These two places have populations of about 4300 and 1750 respectively, while Levin has approximately 2000. in the number of tickets issued Leuu heads the six stations quoted, but Feilding shows a greater revenue for the tickets sold, and this is accounted for bv the larger proportion ot people travelling first-class. Evidently I eliding is rather aristocratic. The freight figures show that Levin received by rail a great, deal more timber than it sent awav,'but in live-stock the balance of trade is in its favour by a wide margin. Otaki heads all six stations in the number of parcels sent awav and it may be assumed that this result is due to the frequent consignments of fruit, flowers and vegetables to the Wellington market. The selected returns arc as under: OUTWARD TRAFFIC. 3 r ; » 3 s ® 'g « S s 3 g 6.S c 3 a> §-h ft Eh Pd 02 Eh

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Other goods. Tons. Levin 3,819 Otaki 6,098 Shannon V 426 Foxton 0,813 ( Feilding 10,435 Waipukurau 3,272 Total value Parc e 1 s. Goods. Fo r ward e,l

INWARD TRAFFIC.

~ XT! K fcJJ (i « ft o S A C £-.1-1 m w Q CC rf E - * ' —i

Tons. Levin 11,636 Otaki 8,298 Shannon 11,030 Foxton 21,297 Feilding' .. v 25,361 Waipukurau 10,720

£ £ Levin * . 31,580 8,568 273 Otaki . 20,143 5,182 108 Shannon 24,020 4,477 ail Foxton . 11,135 1,084 Feilding ...... . 25,212 9,534 233 Waipnkurau . . . ..25,010 7,510 04

Levin 4.575 32,707 2,806 OtaLi 2,000 34,818 3,909 Shannon .... L008 24,084 1,608 Foxton 344 8,059 2,384 Feilding . . . 8,059 103,371 032 Waipuku rau 4,904 203,297 6,100

£ £ £ Levin 751 7,107 16,877 Otaki 2,423 7,975 15,868 Shannon • • • 227 10,852 15,884 Foxton 151 7,008 9,953 Foi Id ins* . . . 754 23,924 34,753 Wainnkurau 414 12,330 20,558

Levin .... 1,175 16,358 ' 9,618 Otaki .... 1,003 7,840 2,674 Shannon . 1 222 19,7',6 2 2,584 Foxton .... 631 11,296 7,930 Feilding . . 4,189 103,652 14,979 Waipnkurnu 826 18,685 Other 11,965 goods.