CONTROL OF TRAFFIC.
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ACT. PROTECTION OF RAILWAYS. Now that the Traffic Act Amendment Act, 1930, has been proclaimed in Western Australia, and is in operation, the Minister of Works, Mr. J. Lindsay, has pointed out the main provisions of the measure.
Owners are now better protected against "joy riders," the fine having been increased from £SO to £IOO, and punish!ment"fiom three to 12 months' imprisonment.
By far the most important amendment, as far as the Government is concerned, is that regarding additional licence fees that will have to be paid for commercial use of merchandise waggons and trailers for the carriage of goods on certain main roads outsido the metropolitan area. The object of this provision is to ensure that goods used for commercial purposes carried over roads running in a similar direction to railways shall not escape payment of a fair and reasonable charge toward the cost and mainte_ance of these very expensive roads. Parliament lias provided that vehicles used for the carriage of goods will not include, for instance, those carrying the produce of farms or forests, farming requisites, ore from mines, timber and similar products from the place of production to the nearest railway station.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20767, 9 January 1931, Page 11
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