CO-ORDINATION WILL GO ON

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 26 October 1939, Page 4

CO-ORDINATION WILL GO ON

j N.Z.'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM COMMENT BY MINISTER (United Frees Association! CHRISTCHURCH, 25th October “No, the co-ordination of transport will go on,” replied the Minister of Ti anspot t, Mr Semple, when he was | askea to-day whether the removal of the petrol restrictions would mean the j relaxation of the economy measures I recently introduced for road transport | operators. j The measures, said Mr Semple were | not entirely the result of the war. but were necessary in peacetime. There would be no undue restrictions, but the whole of the transport system would be investigated by committees set up and now at work. “The idea is to get complete coordination to prevent waste by unnecessary running and unfair competition,” said the Minister. "That will go on to the maximum. It is a question of a common sense policy of rationalisation of transport "Some irresponsible persons have been broadcasting in a secret kind of way that this set toward co-ordination means State ownership ultimately. It means nothing of the kind. We are quite content to allow private enterprise to do the job, but we do want to assist industry to bring about that measure of co-ordination which is necessary in the interests of the transport people themselves and the interests of the nation. “The objective is co-ordination, which ultimately means real efficiency, and I want to squash the infamous falsehood that this is a step toward nationalisation. It is nothing of the kind.”