CARRIAGE OF FRUIT
RAILWAY charges criticised Press Association. WELLINGTON, Thursday. At the conference of nurserymen strong exception was taken to the Practice of the Railway Department jn differentiating in its freight charges between fruit and vegetables carried lor private use and tor public sale, a nd a remit voicing the views of the conference was carried. Mr. Goodhew, of Goulburn, said there were no differential charges on the Ne w South Wales railways on trult and vegetables. A half-bushel of fruit could be sent to any station in that State for Is. The barge for one bushel was 2s and for two bushels 2s 9d. Growers could combine and make up a truck, divides the freight charges between them. f truckload of about 21 tons sent 10 ™ to Sydney, a distance of 0-18 miles, would cost 31s a ton.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 245, 6 January 1928, Page 9
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