FREIGHTS ON RAILWAYS
IMMEDIATE REVISION.
DAIRY RATES TO BE LOWER;
ASSURANCE BY MR. MASSEY.
[Br TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday. . The chairman of the Cambridge Dairy Company, Mr. Mervyn Wells, hr.s received a definite assurance from the Prime Minister that the matter of railway freights would receive immediate attention also that a reduction of charges would be made on dairy produce, cheese, butter, and dried milk. As the freights on dairy products are now 153 per cent, higher than pre-war rates, said Mr. Wells, the Prime Minister's promise of a reduction was good news to the farming community.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18406, 23 May 1923, Page 8
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