FREIGHTS FROM OAMARU.
>O.URt TIMARU ERIENAS <■_, ~ By Telegiaph r * (Special to the Oamai u Mail) ■ f •••j >'l Wellington, October 11. , . - :Mi J/ Craigie's question on the order •paper-'regarding: the ■ anomalous charges •►for'frozenonutton between .Oamaru.! and D unedint and-«■ Oarnar u and. Timar u t - has elicited'the reply that frozen meat sent -from Oainaru -to ■ Timaru is charge'd at "the ordinary- classified rate for the, distance it" is conveyed". : "-Meat. consigned from Oamaru to . Port Chalmers is cliarged-. at a special ratq of 15s ; . per MjSily which :rate,?was inaugurated many, i'years ago in' competition with sea traffic. The rates have not been varied since-that time, nor is it proposed to alter--them. The 'Minister regrets that he cannot authoriso a special lute being applied to meat conveyed between Oaniaiu and Timaru where no sea competition has ever existed. Tho ordinary rate applies in all such cases.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10583, 12 October 1910, Page 4
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145FREIGHTS FROM OAMARU. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10583, 12 October 1910, Page 4
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