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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21245, 27 July 1932, Page 19

Then poll qour own smokes AG CIGARETTE PAPERS Great Britain's largest seller Nearly 6 Million Tons by Rail Average of 2\ pence a Ton Per Mile. OFFICIAL statements during recent years have reminded New Zealanders that their railways could be made to "pay" (in the hard-and-fast book-keeping sense of the word "pay") if the low rates for heavy freight were increased, but such procedure would be against the railways' working policy, which gives fair national consideration to the welfare of industries, primary and secondary. The national fmportance of the railways' freight service is seen in the figures for the past year—an aggregate of 5,824 81 I tons, carried at an average charge of 2.38 pence (less than 2\ pence) a ton per mile. The railways are the only kind of land transport that can provide such national service. Wellington, 25th July, 193*. General Manage? N.Z. Railway*