RAILWAY CHARGES
HOW CERTAIN DISTRICTS ARE PENALISED. f It has been in the past the policy of the Railway Department to stifle tjhq King Country by giving concessions to districts where there has been an opposition means of transport thus making the cost of living in the King' Country artificially dear, and that of coastal places artificially cheap. It is our contention that by lowering their freights to us they will assist development, and actually feed the goose that lays the golden eggs Firewood is a ease where it is more profitable to bum an assei than send its away.—This is an extract from a statement by Dr Jordan at the Taumarunui conference of local and public body representatives on WedMr Jack (Raetihi) remarked that if they asked the Railway Department to lower freights they would say the railways were not paying. Mr Boswell: They are paying. Mr Logan: We want community action in this matter. The rates here are scandalous compared with other places I know of. The King Country is penalised to enable tlhe Department to compete with road traffic elsewhere It' made the cost of goods artificially high and increased the cost of living. „ . , , » Mr Boswell said the. freight from Wellington to Ohakune was £3 2s fad ,ai ton compared with Auckland to Ohakune £9 *os 6d peal ton. Mr Bishara said the freights were cheaper from Auckland to Wanganui than from Auckland to Taumarunui. Mr Managh: The Class A flight Auckland to Taumarunui was £4 l»s 6d pew ton. Mr Craig said hundreds ol trucks of coal went to the King Country and returned empty, yet the Railway Department would not reduce freights on firewood from the King .Country. There was ia tremendous business to be done in Auckland in firewood. Mr Bishara said that he knew ot firewood loaded in the King Country at 12s 6d a cord and cost 225.6 d a cord in freight to Wellington and the Department had no handling to do. Mr Jack said that most Chambers of Commerce in the King Country would be in favour of lowering freights.
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Waipa Post, Volume 49, Issue 3555, 8 December 1934, Page 7
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350RAILWAY CHARGES Waipa Post, Volume 49, Issue 3555, 8 December 1934, Page 7
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