FARMERS' LAUNCHES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19027, 26 May 1925, Page 11

FARMERS' LAUNCHES.

CERTIFICATES OF SURVEY. REGULATIONS CRITICISED. The regulations governing the carriage of produce on farmers' launches were discussed by the provincial executive of the Fanners' Union last evening. The regulations provide for certificates of survey for all launches carrying produce. The chairman, Mr. A. A. Ross, said those dependent on transport by water should lie in the same position as those on the land. Settlers had been on the Coroinandel Peninsula for years and had never had an accident with the launches. The Marine Department never said anything when people were carried, hut only when cargo was brought, so the safety of human life was not the principal factor. He maintained that the regulations inflicted a serious injustice. No artificial restriction should be placed on the settiers. Men did not take their boats out in bad weathei. Mr. W. S. *Goosman described the position as "absolutely monstrous and ridiculous, and victimisation pure and simple." Mr. If. Feisst said that struggling producers could not afford the new craft and would be prosecuted in an effort to be thrift v. Mr' 11. D. Duxfield said that safety was not the principal factor, as a man could take out as mflch produce as he liked provided he did not sell it. The matter was referre I to the standing committee with power to act.