RAILWAY FREIGHT.
iXVTSTOCK RATES INCREASE. i (Ey Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Jt was announced at a meeting of the Farmers' Union executive to-day that the Railways Board had declined a 'equest for a reduction in freight rates on livestock. Rates were stated to be 60 per cent above the pre-war scale, but the board pointed out that operating costs had increased by approximately 60 per cent, and, moreover, prices for certain classes of livestock were appreciably higher than in pre-war times. The executive decided to approach the Poard again on the eabject, _
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 241, 11 October 1934, Page 11
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92RAILWAY FREIGHT. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 241, 11 October 1934, Page 11
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