RAILWAY GOODS TRAFFIC.
DECREASE ON LAST YEAR. Though early spring is always a quiet time for railway goods traffic, the figures for the Canterbury district this year show a shrinkage on those for the corresponding period of 1929. Railway officers think that this 13 not because goods are being carried by other transport, but because they are not being carried at all: in short that the decrease is the result of the current stringency. The people, they say, are not buying so much as they were, hence the transport needs of the province are not so great. Though far below what it is in peak periods, the traffic on the Midland line is being well maintained. Coal forms the biggest part of the freight cominp through the tunnel. There 13 much less timber, as some of the mills have closed down temporarily-
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20021, 1 September 1930, Page 10
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