THE CARRIAGE OF WOOL BY RAIL.
DEPUTATION TO SIR J. WARD. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dusk din, Sa tu rday. A deputation of the Farmers' Union waited on Sir Joseph Ward to-day, and urged that in view of the low prices a reduction should be made on the carriage of wool by rail. Sir Joseph said he exceedingly regtetted the low values of the great staple product, wool. He had had tinder consideration for some time past the lowering of the rates on wool, among other things. He said so in the House, but there were so many calls being made one way and another on the Treasury, and such a large amount of expenditure required in all parts of the Colony, that it was felt desirable to hold this question over. He was quite willing to confer with his colleagues with a view to seeing whether they could single out wool alone, and allow other proposed concessions to stand over.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11826, 2 December 1901, Page 5
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