NELSON TRANSPORT

Grey River Argus, 3 December 1938, Page 10

NELSON TRANSPORT

INSTINCTS.” MR SEMPLE “ON THE JOB." Stating that tfie “instincts of the jungle,” and the “.survival of the most cunning,” must ‘be eliminated completely from the’ transport system for New'Zealand’produce, the Minister of Transport (the Hon. R. Semple) announced at,Collingwood the other day that Cabiriet had approved a grant to appoint a full commission of inquiry into the transport facilities for Netson, Province/ ' The announcement was made following the hearing. _of a deputation from ffie ColltrfgWood D’airy Co., headed by Mr C. L. Grant, which complained against the haction of the Golden Bay Dairy Company in collecting cream in the area served by the Collingwood factory.

After the secretary of fhe Collingwood Dairy Company (Mr L. J. Salyigny) had read a protest from his company alleging that the competition of the Golden Bay Daily Co. in the Collingwoo(}/area was unfair, Mr Semple stated tliat he had submitted a report on the Nelson, Takaka and Collingwood districts and had placed before Cabinet a proposal to ’set up q commission of inquiry in an endeavour to prevent overlapping of services, not only in, cream collection but also in other produce. The Collingwood Company, should .receive a sympathetic hearing from the commission, which would consist, of representatives of road, rail and sef The would probably cost £looo.’ The.proposal had been approved by Cabinet and had now gone to the Treasury. The Collingwood Company .would be balled upon to give evidence;, having powers to taka evidence under oath. “There is a Tot of' work in Nelson and . for that matter in the whole of New Zealand i in' ! ,thi s direction—but the Nelson pro Vince seems to be in a bad way," he continued. “Each <ving of ..transport, will be represented. It is no good nibbling at it. it is better to tackle the-whble problem at once! This unbridled ‘ Competition cannot go on. They are-the instincts of the jungle-^-the'survival of the most cunning, and we q_re. going to cut them out. [The onjy'.jvay is to put the searchlight on the leakages and then plug them, up with concrete.” In answer to .a, question, Mr Semple said that this problem was primarily one""affecting; transport and not one i affecting the Ministry of Agriculture. I The,Dairy Commission had not interfered .with the scope of the Colling-1 wood Company. I