RETURN OF HORSES
Cheaper Form Of Transport (N.Z Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON. April 22. The horse is making a comeback in Britain as a' form of commercial transport, the “Financial Times’’! reports. Man’s oldest form of transport, the horse, is an un- j expected beneficiary of re-1 cent moves raising the cost] of running motor vehicles. ' The advantages of the horse were expounded in recent time-and-motion studies at two major British breweries. These revealed that the heavy horse was more economical thart motor I transport on short-haul work. I The demand for Shire jhorses increased substantially after the findings were made public, the newspaper said.
The studies were made after increases in taxation on petrol, oil, and road fund licences.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31662, 24 April 1968, Page 23
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