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Evening Star, Issue 21170, 2 August 1932, Page 4

Cheap Freight on the Railways Classified Rates Essential Many people wonder why the railways, which carry freight at the very low average rate of pence a ton per mile, require to maintain classified rates for different kinds of commodities, while their competitors charge “so much a ton” without regard to the capacity of the goods to bear the freight. The railways aim to carry all kinds of freight—they do not “pick and choose”—and in doing this essential transport for the Dominion, low rates are necessary on such goods as coal, fertilisers, etc.—goods which, in ordinary circumstances, their competitors do not touch. To make these low rates possible, higher rates must obviously be charged on such freight as can bear higher transport charges. As everyone benefits in the long run by the specially low railway rates, it is morally right to give also their higher rated traffic to the railways. Wellington, Ist August, I 932. General Manage* N.Z. Railways. Supper ? Why Syir/ftrcgton's Everybody lilgs it and its so quickly made 92 COFFEE & CHICORV ESSENCE THoi. Symington * Co. Ltd.. Edinburgh and London