The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 5 (September 1, 1930)
Preference To The Railway
Preference To The Railway.
The following is the text of an interesting circular letter recently issued by Messrs. Blyths, Ltd., Napier, to business firms in connection with the carriage of goods from other districts to Napier:—
A number of our Wellington suppliers have for some time been sending goods per motor, and in quite a percentage of cases the freight charged to us for this reason has been greater than if the packages concerned had been railed.
“Where you are paying freight, you may, of course, use any means of transit preferred by you, but where freight is to be paid by us, it is our wish that, in every case where railage is as cheap as motor transport, preference to be given to the rail—it of course goes without saying that this also applies where the railage is less.
We feel that a stand should be taken in this matter, as it is possible, eventually to pay too high a price for the temporary convenience offered by motor transport, it being our desire to give preference to rail as against motor wherever possible.