RAILWAY FREIGHTS.
-*> t OBJECTION TO "PROTECTION." 1 [BT TELEGBATH. —OWN CORBESPONDENT.] ] TE KUITI, Thursday, { At last night's meeting of the Te Kuiti i Chamber of Commerce a letter was, re- ! ceived from«the Stratford Chamber of Com- « mere© forwarding the - following resolu—"That this Chamber of Commerce is of opinion that the rail-way freights tariff should not be used for protective purposes, such as railway protective freights in connection with timber and other industries." Mr. M. H. Innes Jones said it wag a tax on the inland districts and did not j affect tho ports. The effect of the tariff 1 waa to penalise one section of the ■ com- j munity. He moved that the chamber sup- . port the resolution and inform the Minister -for Railways of its view. j This was carried. ]
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17251, 29 August 1919, Page 5
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