TUB TREASURER AT INVERCARGILL.
Yesterday Major Atkinson met the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce on, subjects connected With railway Working. On the question of floftreity af tkok6.MaJor Atklnsoii fiaid that they were scarce because of the simultaneous harvest and the practice of threshing from the stobk. It was not to be expected that the Department would keep a large number of trucks to lie idle a great part of the year. The question of measurement charges on port lines was up, and the unfairness pointed- out. Major Atkinson said that the must bb tttadb to Us far to p’OSslble, and;the reduction bf. thesb rates oi* the substitution of a weight tariff wbbld ohly result in increased hates. 1 He looked upoH it that the port lino rates were hot So great a hardship, ; aa the population hid td paV then! Ultirhaifely _ oil thfe ihlpofts dohsUittedl UUa If hbi in iMt the geherw rates must bo higher. He, promised consideration of the points brought up. On the question of the bankrupted laws and Chattels Securities Act a conversation took place. The extension of the Mararoa railway, to Round Hill was urged by a deputation. In most bases Ma|or Atkinson could only promise to consult his colleagues and consider the matters brought before him.
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Evening Star, Issue 6262, 11 April 1883, Page 2
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