CONCRETE POST CARTAGE

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27683, 13 June 1955, Page 3

CONCRETE POST CARTAGE

RAILWAYS’ REPLY TO COMPLAINT (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON. June 10. The Railways Department did not , invoke the "owner’s risk” provision m the carnage of freight, and claims : were met when they arose from the fault of the department, said a statement submitted today to the Govern- : ment Committee on Transport. The statement was prepared by the ; department in reply to remarks made i before the committee by the chairman 1 of the concrete products manufacturers’ group of the Wellington Manu- 1 facturers’ Association (Mr R. C. Love) < about the transport of concrete posts. < Investigations showed that some < damage had occurred to posts sent J from Palmerston North, and a claim for £37 6s 6d had been lodged, said < the department. At no stage had any- ] one been told that the claim would be declined. Investigation also showed that one ’ consignment had been incorrectly 1 loaded by the producing company, - said the statement. Another com- ' plaint was still under investigation, although delivery' of the posts had i been taken. < About 20 waggon-loads of concrete . posts were carried by rail each week, . said the department. {