THE RAILWAYS.
1 FREIGHT ON SOAP. | (By Telegraph.—Special to Star.) '.'■.".-' WELLINGTON, Oct. 19. ■__• The fact that it is cheaper to send -consignments of soap from Wanganui to Palmerston North by motor than by the railways was mentioned in the House of Representatives by Mr. W. Glenn to-day. The member read a letter in which the correspondent stated that he had recently found this to be true with a consignment. Mr. Glenn asked the Minister of Railways whether I fc& would Simend the tariff to meet the competition of motors. ] The Hon. D. H. Guthrie replied that he was unaware of the competition de- ' scribed, but he would certainly look into the point. He knew the importance of the industry at Wanganui.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 October 1922, Page 8
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121THE RAILWAYS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 October 1922, Page 8
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