SHORTAGE OF RAILWAY TRUCKS.
' ■. ; —. " SHEEP BUYERS COMPLAIN; ' A buyer • for' a- meat exportiiig -'55nip'any,-' speaking-'to;' a ..Feildirig/ Star 'I ■-** complained, strongly. .of , the treatment re- , oeived by meiit companies from Department.' He stated that' if bad -been available no fewer than-108 truSfts could; V have-been'.loaded with sheep; and'l&iibsion • the Feilding Station on Mc'nclay; But it was • 'impossiblojito get a siiiglo : tnick. had - sent thirty trucks of sheep by roaa .Long-.;' buriij to be there trucked to Welliii'iton. ■ ■ • I can't-• tell them how: ..to .'.ruir.trains," said the buyer, "but. they ought tir he able to do - better than they are. . rhc Bran; \yho . contributes most to the upkeep of Uie rail- ~ ways—tho farmor—receives the smallest con : sideration. ■ They can provide - special trains for peoplo to see two men row a gje on a river,' or for youngsters , to attend a. school , picnic,' and yet they cannot, su'ppjy. trucks in time' to fulfil orders for truckm'^'shecp.". . hl'hc.: admitted in conclusion ~ that , thisAvas tjio busiest time.[of the. hut. . he! was ; str,ong. in'his opinion. that ji better," service.could be provided.''- : .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 2
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176SHORTAGE OF RAILWAY TRUCKS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 2
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