Transport Efficiency Appeal
[Per Press Association. Copyright .] WELLINGTON, This Day. Shortly after tfle outbreak of the war, representatives of various branches of the road transport industry assured him they were ready and willing to offer the services of their organisations to the Government and to do everything in their power to make the road transport industry fully efficient to meet the demands that might be required of it, saidi the Minister for Transport (Mr R. Semple) last evening. “This public-spirited offer,” continued Mr Semple, “was accepted by the Government, and to assist in this direction 21 district and one national transport advisory committees were set up for the purpose of reporting ; on schemes put forward by the industry. “I would like to appeal to farmers, business houses, storekeepers and others who run their own trucks to give careful consideration to the question of having their work carried out as far as possible by public carriers,” the Minister concluded. “Arrangements are being made for public carriers to get in touch with private truck owners.”
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Northern Advocate, 9 May 1940, Page 6
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173Transport Efficiency Appeal Northern Advocate, 9 May 1940, Page 6
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