IMPORTANT RAILWAY CONCESSIONS.
In a telegram received from the Honorable John Bryce yesterday, we leain he has been successful iu obtaining some important concessions from the Railway Commissioners in the matter of freights, etc. ; for example, the rate on manures from Auckland to Hamilton has been reduced from twelve shillings and fivo pence per ton to nine shillings and eightpence and tha minimum has been reduced from two tons to one ton and a-half. A rebate of one half of the original charge for the carriage of stock from agricultural shows has also been granted. __
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2982, 25 August 1891, Page 2
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95IMPORTANT RAILWAY CONCESSIONS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2982, 25 August 1891, Page 2
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