RAGLAN FREIGHTS AND STORAGE CHARGES.

Waikato Times, Volume 2188, Issue XXVII, 17 July 1886, Page 3

RAGLAN FREIGHTS AND STORAGE CHARGES.

TO THE KPITOK. g IRi — In your' last Saturday's issue, a correspondent informed your readers that the proorietors of the Hannah Mokau, had changed their agent here, and that there was a perfect furore among the settlers, on account of the extortionate amount charged by him for storage. After making inquiries it is found that there is no truth in this perfect furore business. The facts are simply as follow. The new agent has purchased a large dry and commodious store on the wharf, and in this store goods of settlers who wish it are stored and there remain until it suits their convenience to fetch them away, at a charge oj one shilling per ton for storage and delivery. If the goods remain one month in store there is still no further charges, and settlers are exceedingly well flatisfied with this (I think) very moderate charge. There is one thing more, however, this extoitionate agent require?, and that is payment of fi eight* on delivery of goods. Now, it is just possible jthat this may be the real sin of the new agent, for it cannot be the storage and delivery charges, for no one has yet paid more than the Is per ton rate for the accommodation afforded to them. Your correspondent aavs it is this storage charge that has broken the' camel's back. Now, Sir, if we only ft»ew who this very poor camel was, theie are men of feeling here who, out of pure sympathy, would assist this camel wrth his Ky storage charge burden Now that <Jw Hanuau Mokau has bven taken off this

beith (for in) other reason but simply because it does not pay), it would be a good opportunity for your coi respondent to go in himself, or induce some otheis to engage in this very lucrative freight-carrying biiMn^.s to this pelt His comparisons and arguments lr>we\er are absurd in the extreme when he says tin; sum of t'l per ton is charged on freights from Onehunga to R\glan, while stoamoi^ carry freights from Onehnnpa to VV.iitara for 12> ss. This i.s I believe true, but mark the difference in the amount of freights to each port; the Waitara trade is an extensive tiade, while the Hannah Mokau on her last trip to this port showed a miserable freight li*t of a little over £5 all told, not a very fat affair for either agent or owners, and there is no wonder at her being taken off the berth ; this indeed was the last straw. I Would advise your informant for the futuic not to bother' his head about steamers or cutter-, but jn^t bonow a wheolbarrow for it is thought this veiy nsuful vehicle, would bo found quite ample for his recp.iironients, in the way of either itnpoits or exports. Apologising for ti on your valuable space.— Youi* faithfully. Oxk Who Knows. Raglan, July 10th.