BIG CHANGES TRANSPORT

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21906, 6 October 1936, Page 8

BIG CHANGES TRANSPORT

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Far-reaching charges in th* port system of the Domini already under way. They 3 j amalgamations, purchases 4 Railways Department, and J vision of existing licenses, ■ which will be done under the tion of the Transport Depa through the Transport Li .Authorities stationed in each four main centres.

Mr T. H. Langford, the aufl for the No. 3 District, has just pleted a tour of his area, extej over Canterbury, Marlborouggj son, and the West Coast, scribing yesterday the -pre made, he said that already ‘a ments were being reached b£j transport firms, farmers, andf ness men on means of conditions. The whole eliminate the cut-throat that had existed for so loq| by setting about it in a deterjj manner the department expect do much, for the transport hoi and users throughout the coub One of the most important < plans of the department, Mr.; ford said, was that tea) licenses, which lapsed last , should be renewed, when appa for a further three years instt the usual term of one year, would give greater stability ,1 industry and make for the ] development of it.

Bailway Interests A 30-mile limit was to be esl for operators whose transport ? nesses ran parallel with the raß If a carrier competed for this d| with the trains his license wan extended only to May, 1937. -1 that time he would *be gives tS portunity to confer with the Department in an endeavour tt range a price for the sale of the ness to the Government. Toj® operator the necessary protects Transport Licensing Authority | district would arbitrate.

This, Mr Langford said, was ' the Government’s policy df dote] with uneconomic competition, the parties concerned bad she objection to the scheme. •. In future the Post and T«? Department would dlscontufil practice of calling at regular \ for tenders for the carriage of Arrangements would be made., department to renew * rtcisonj .tracts where the service give suitable and satisfactory. B means price-cutting in submitfi ders would be eliminated sum

Undesirable features done an Arrangements had also lx for the Post and Telegraph ment to make increases in meats, where warranted, to ; tractors who had been affect

recent legislation governing tl of work and the payment ot

Carriers Unite ' Mr Langford said that the c come of his tour through Cai

Marlborough, Nelson, and was the formation of associ transport operators. ®w there had been support for i ganisations, and the plans o£ partment were being receh thusiastically by the partieaf-i These associations, he said. 1 instructed to meet the lanai

other users of the transport, f and arrive at a satisfactory a charges. Already a schedule able to all parties had been | in Kaikoura, and sim Oar sc were being prepared In Blenhe son, Greymouth, and Ashburt® little difficulty had been- met arriving at these schedules. Where transport operators wi join the associations they woul qulred to observe the scale fl€ drawn up by the associate Langiord saia. It was found w schedules were prepared that a creases in the charges were ni but this was generally acceptei

farmers and other users, as < had forced prices down to ncmic level-

v ■ Amalgamations 1 Made. Amalgamations were also bcpnßEH ranged, and the operators sorbed were being given coosMß** These amalgamations were eagewHtSM the rationalising of the of particular interest in CInHMHB had been made yesterday, operator providing a passeogefMHH to Belfast bought the other. It was the object of the dqMMgW to arrange and assist in svHfl such amalgamations. The awl authorities would have acocsi&snS private files of the various -qgaHBB and where two competed uncHHKB cally the more efficient VKBB3WB vised to negotiate for the XKfCPnHBB the business of the other. - In its progress towards whole transport system flf JMBUB minion under the control of port Department the GovgW|MM made an important step nouncement that all population and less would under the Transport Langford said. This the number of vehicles pao*f-w|BaaEJ| trol of the Transport DeptHMjfHßH approximately 33 1-3 per cgakjfflßiM mately it was intended towns and the cities should in also. . Common Areas ' Under the present in various country districts areas specially allotted to Langford said. He the Ashburton county shfrWitiji3SßßM sent districts of various eaRJaSIBH overlapping one another wtirongH fusion was hopeless. It he said, to allow the ; operators to work to the the boundariesof the they had their, .headquartess avoid confusion. . A type of ancillary operator, using the vQHBH tenslbly lor the carnage goods, had caused coteiderao#s«M|« Mr Langford said. These adSHH their status as ancillary guise imder which they business, and • they* • would brought within the st^pe There would be sunutf the regulation temporary licenses-by Langford said. The given their full co-op«r»*Wjt?awß» past, and they would