VARYING FREIGHTAGE
ON NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.
DEPARTMENT CRITICISED.
BLENHEIM, his Day,
At a meeting of the Blenheim .iFarmUnion the chairman stated that there did not seem to be a fixed rate on the railways for freight. Evidently the Department was exploiting;.,everyone wherever possible. When high and unreasonable charges were found,.out and questioned the Department rapidly climbed down.
A resolution w&s passed that the Provincial Executive of the Farmers' Union be asked to inquire into the matter of differential railage on goods as between shipping firms and private individuals. —Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 23 July 1923, Page 5
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