RAILWAY GOODS TRAFFIC

Patea Mail, Volume XLIII, 28 July 1919, Page 4

RAILWAY GOODS TRAFFIC

LIST OF ACCEPTED AETICLES The goods traffic on the railways will bo reduced to a minimum as from today. The only goods that will bo transported by rail will be ; Live stock required by butchers for slaughter to meet local consumption. Foodstuffs, such as meats (fresh and preserved), lish, bread, flour, sugar, jam, tea, coffee, etc. Milk, cream, butter and cheese. Frozen meat and wool consigned direct to ships for shipment. Household requisites, such as kerosene, soap, lamps, brushwaro, etc. Household furniture and effects of persons moving. Coal and firewood. Grain (for immediate gristing), potatoes and other vegetables, fruit. Benzine and other motor spirits. Lime and manures for agricultural purposes, consigned direct to farmers, and chaff for feeding live stock ; but the quantities must in every instance bo limited to the minimum to cover bare necessities. Lime, salt, and moat bags for freezing works. Lime for tanneries and gasworks. Posts, stakes, wire, seeds, and agricultural machinery consigned direct to farmers. Ecturncd empties (such as fish boxes, fish casks, butter and cheese boxes, etc) to bo used for conveyance of foodstuffs and other essentials ; shooks for making fruit eases, butter boxes, cheese crates, and casks.