RAILWAY FREIGHTS.
LONG PROMISED REVISION,
'BY. TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION ) WELLINGTON, July 17. " < The railway tariff is receiving considerable attention from country members, and Mr E. Masters (Stratford) gave notice in the House this afternoon that he intends, to ask" the Minister for Railways when the House and the country ..may,, expect the longpromised ' revision of the present inequitable railway tariff, and, if not eonfpletea, will he give consideration fro the unfair system of taxation on users of the railways in country districts for the purpose of protecting secondary industries, thus compelling them to pay an additional and exorbitant rate of freights as against-the city dwellers. '
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 July 1923, Page 5
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105RAILWAY FREIGHTS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 July 1923, Page 5
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