THE OTIRA TUNNEL.
ffftW CANTERBURY BENEFITS.
HANDICAP. TO MARLBOROUGH [BY: , TEIiEGEAPH.-— ; CORKICaPONDBSr J — BLENHEIM. Wednesday. The decided advantage that the opening of railway traffio through the Otiri. tunnel gives to Canterbury farmers may. be judged from ; the fact that their chaff can be landed af? West ' Coast towns :at a cost of 16s; a ton, whereas the cost of shipping :". from ■;, Marlborough , : . to the coast is £2 a" ton, including railage to Picton and' wharfage at the other end. In the trade with" WesCport, J Marlborough is not so badly circumstanced as in the ■; case■ of its .;'; connection with the Greymouth • district, ; but the over-all disadvantage of the difference of ' 24s a ton/ transit f charges ''.is'. very considerable. It is recognised "that the favourable •- position given 'to Canterbury by the Otiro Tunnel will have to be ; reckoned .with as a permanent factor. Still . Marlborough has something, fo hope for in the way of a reduction of ship, ping freights, and peering still further into the future it may, ; entertain : solid expectations 'in respect fo the" development of her own cross-country connection with' the West Coast. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 8
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186THE OTIRA TUNNEL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 8
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