ROAD TRANSPORT.
PURCHASES BY STATE.
TARANAKI SERVICES. (From Our Correspondent.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Sunday. The Railways Department will take over to-morrow the largest motor transport service in New Zealand, which serves Taranaki extensively. No timetable or freight alterations are known. The Railway Department recently purchased the service, the Highways Transport Company, Limited, which has its head office at Palmerston North. Three other services, Hardy's Transport, Limited, Wellington; the Cunning- ; ham Carrying Company, Limited, Wel- ! lin"ton, and S. Wright and Company, Limited. Wanganui, also have been purchased, it is understood. I Highwavs Transport, Limited, serves Taranaki,' Hawke's Bay and Wellington, its area extending over 660 miles of road It has more than 40 vehicles, and last year they covered more than 1 000 000 miles. Hardy's Transport, .Limited, also serves New Plymouth, I while Wright and Company, Limited, serves part of Taranaki 'It is not known when the three smaller companies will be taken over by the Railway Department.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 101, 2 May 1938, Page 9
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