INCREASED FREIGHT
BOMBSHELL TO RENNET COMPANY.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) ELTHAM, 18th December. The recent increase in the tariff on certain classes of railway freight comes as a bombshell to tho'New Zealand Kenuet Company. Three years ago the company made an arrangement with the- Eailway Department. for the carriage.of rennet at a certain figure, but on 15th December, the day after the new tariff came into force, the cojjpany learned that tlio freight had been materially increased. The freight from Elthatn to Hamilton, 325 miles, was 65s Bd, now it is 95s 8d per ton. As a large proportion of the company's output was sold freight forward, and contracts made before the commencement of the season, the company is unablo to pass on the charge, and will have to bear the loss. The company's manager stated today that the industry had been dealt a severe blow. Tho only alternative it had was to arrange for bulk output to be consigned by road transport. Ho pointed out that it cost more to rail a keg of rennet than a keg of beer.
The Bailway Department states that the freight on rennet is still below the rate on general goods. It points out that the freight from Elthain to New Plymouth has been increased from 20s 6d per ton to 30s Id, whereas the ordinary rate on goods over the same distance is 36s 6d.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 147, 19 December 1930, Page 18
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232INCREASED FREIGHT Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 147, 19 December 1930, Page 18
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