PILLAGING OF GOODS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3432, 11 March 1920, Page 3

PILLAGING OF GOODS.

LOSSES ON THE RAILWAYS. .........._. THE COMPENSATION LIMIT. NEED FOR I33XTENSION URGED. The I>ill=lg‘illg Of gcods in tramsit on the I‘ail\v:l_\'s was the subject of a brief discussion at at meeting of the Council of the Aucklaml Challll>ci- of Coinmerce last week. 'l“;ie subj<>(-.t was introduced by a letter ffom the Aucklalld Centl'¢'> of tho New Z(-zaland Waieliollsmlien’s Asscciatioil. which drew attention to the losses s-ufl‘¢=l’m'l by customers through the non-d(;~liv-my of goods forwai-ded by rail. "Under pi-eseilt conditirns. continued the letter. cmllpellsatiou for loss of packages by rail was limited to £lO. but was applied some years ago. before the great advance in values owing to war conditions. Seeing that the prices of goods \\’<-no at least douliie what they were when the rule was made, the Chamber was asked to use its influence with the Government with :1 View to» geftillg Hl9 limit of compensation raised accordingly.

Mr J, E. Ewml said that in one recent case a. large portion of -.1, truckload of goods disappeared, but the consignee was nct able to I'oCo\'m' more than £lO. Another member 1-elnarkvd that H.‘ loss: of goods in h':ln:~‘it, pal'ficlll:lrly coxls'~ig‘llln<-mts ':‘.P.l)’[ by SP3, had reach-

(-d nllf)'agPOllS dimensions. In \'imv of Hm fact that the (gll<‘-s:l'iv3n of compensation for goods lost on tho 1-zlil\\.'a.ys was coming before the sonference of the Associated Chambers cf Commerce in Wellington consideration of the complaint was deferrmi.