RAILWAY FREIGHT RATES
MINISTER INTERVIEWED,
FARMERS’ ATTITUDE REGRETTED (Special to “Northern Advocate. ’’) AUCKLAND, This Day. Interviewed this morning, and asked to express his views in regard to a resolution adopted by the Farmers’ Union, in relation to freight rates and a suggested boycott of the railway service as a means of bringing pressure to bear upon the Government, the Minister of Railways said that he regretted very much that such a spirit had been displayed by a section of the farming community, and he was reluctant to think that the opinions expressed reflected the feeling of farmers as a whole. If farmers, or a section of theni ; had any just cause of complaint with reference to the existing tariff, then there was a proper and constitutional manner in which they could go about seeking a remedy.' Up to the moment, stated the Minister, he had never been approached in this connection, but, in any case, the use of the “penal rates” in connection with the carriage of imported articles, was entirely unwarranted, and tended to give a wrong impression. The actual position was that standard rates Were charged on imported articles, and, with a view to encouraging local industry and provide employment for the workers of New Zealand.
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Northern Advocate, 24 May 1929, Page 9
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208RAILWAY FREIGHT RATES Northern Advocate, 24 May 1929, Page 9
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