The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-23 00:00:00

ILLEGAL PREFERENTIAL RATES.
To the Editor.

Sir,—Will you allow us to call the attention of your
readers to • very common kind of Illegal railway charge,
from which many of our industries are suffering very
see. rely I It is cu:tomarr for the railway companies to
charge a low rate for g 4oca sent to • shipping port (such
As L mdon) for export, while exacting • higher rate for the
same 'cocci., to the same plans for consumption there. The
law on preferen.ial rates. is, unhappily, very lit•le under-
et of; it is base' upon S-ction 2 44 the It silway Canal
Traffic Act of 1851. which provides that no Railway or
Canal C impsny anall give to any traffic or MU person
undue or unreasonable advantage, or subjEct any traffic or
person to unduo or unreasonable disadvantage, the mean.
Mg of the .iilk-rtiwis being left to the discretion of the
judges. The decisioos given under this section indica'e
plainly that the mere fact of one man being an exporter
soil another an inland distributor of goods will not justify
toe giving of any advaidage, etc. :• e., that an advantage
so given, or • disadvantage so Imposed, is "undue' and
" unredionahle" within the Mr atitog of the Act. Of course
if it csuld be shown that the ex.sorter guaranteed large
quantities of goods% and the inland distributor received
only • 4 n or two at a time, this might justify • differ-
ence : hut we tiod, as a matter of fact, that the rates are
made to apply irreepectlve of this question of quantity,
and we wish all r4ur readers to understand that such con-
duct on the pat of the Railway Companies is distinctly
Illegal, and can Ise inside the subject of an action result-
Inc in the equalis Our, of the rates and the recovery of the
differences overcharged.
We are, Sir,
Your Obedient Servant',
THE RAILWAY FREIGHTERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.
3, Broad-street itui,diogs, London, E.C.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT A BULL FIGHT.
An app.illing accidett ner,lrred (luring a bull fight at the
Marseilles Clues, on Sunday elernoon, the woods n
benches. wh.ch it ere ',wily constructed. having given way
under the weight of 2.000 epectators. The latest accounts
record 17 (lead and 213 sejurest. A.lllolag the wounded is
N. Dublin., Treasurer and Paymaster-General of the
Depa-trnont, who has his right leg frecturei, his
wrist eiset.ceterl, and several bones broken, and has assist-
ant, M Allonsaud, who his a broken leg.

ORIGINAL POE= Y.
WYO.
Allinegh afar from tie. I ream
By fruitful rale. 'heath.i alit skier,
Iffy thought. will turn to thee and home,
Mitring Vas love light of thine eyes.
Say. darling, will the soplayrs bring
Upon their wings error. the sea
A anewmge. at for whiaterlng
ung wish or luring thiaght for me.
Sice by thy aide I may no' atay.
If pretera can strew life'. pattt with &wen.
Thy rich .ball Ile through tears of Moo
Ant sunny days and amg-cr au nett Imurci
If cloudires skies were always bee.
No cloud would room in all the lilue,
And each new dawn in beauty drei•ed
Would bring riome strange site.it joy to you.
veal night shall briog dream. of thee
And of my own dear Emerald Isle.
And aU the swift winged hours shall be
A memory of thy witching smile.
Darchiskr, Nth August.
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