RAILWAYS AND MOTORS.
BASIS OF FREIGHT RATES. THE EFFECT OF COMPETITION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN correspondent.] • HAMILTON, Monday. In an address to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce this evening, Mr. H. Welsh j commercial sgent for New Zealand Railways, dealt with railway matters affecting Hamilton district, and more especially with the question of road transport competition. Mr. Welsh, said the railway rates were fixed on a basis of what the traffic would •bear. Thus the railage on general groceries, spread over a number of purchasers, could be relatively higher than the freight on such commodities as coal or firewood. In appealing for support for the railways as against competitors, he said that while road transport might effect a small saving, k> the merchants at each end, it resulted in a loss of business to the local carriers in each case, while the breaking up of the roads was a loss to the community which paid for them. If the railways were to cut rates it would jeopardise the important developmental concessions now in force.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19390, 27 July 1926, Page 10
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