GOODS TRANSPORT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22009, 16 January 1935, Page 11

GOODS TRANSPORT

■. . . SERVICES TO ROTORUA DECISION IN ONE CASE APPEAL PARTLY SUSTAINED [bt telegraph—OWN correspondent] ROTORUA. Tuesday Following the conclusion of the hearings of the appeals against decisions of the No. 2 Transport Licensing Authority by the Transport Co-ordination Board yesterday, the board considered the deferred application of Messrs. Goodson and Sons for an extension of their area licence to take in the Matamata, Piako, Ohinemuri, Thames and Hauraki Plains counties and a route licence to operate five trips a month between Rotorua and Auckland when necessary. The board gave the following decision:—'"The appeal is sustained to the extent that the Matamata, Piako, Ohinemuri, Thames and ■ Hauraki Plains counties be added to the area licensed and that the right to the-lim-ited route licence between Auckland and Rotorua be retained. Counsel being in agreement, no costs were allowed. The decision is not to affect any application now pending before the No. 4 Licensing Committee. As the application to the central licensing committee was purely for an automatic licence and did not bring in the question of necessity and desirability, we have expressly refrained from giving a decision on these issues."

LONG-DISTANCE TRAFFIC REFUSAL OF LICENCES COUNTY COUNCIL'S SUPPORT [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday Support was given at a, meeting of the Waikato County Council to-dav to the recent decision of the No. 2 Transport Licensing Authority, refusing to grant licences for long-distance goods services. Commenting upon this decision the traffic inspector, Mr. W. E. Nicholson, stated that on the council's instructions he had consistently fought for complete abolition of the through services. It was his desire to see that all users of the rail or roiad for the conveyance of goods would be placed on the same footing. Mr. G. M. Watt said it appeared that the inspector was working in the interests of the Railway Department. "I think Mr. Nicholson's move is in the right direction, because it seems wrong to me that the railways should be losing such a lot of revenue," said Mr. T. H. Henderson. The chairman. Mr. J. A. Sampson, said he hoped the transport authority's decision would be carried out. " Cannot the railways beat the road services?" asked Mr. Watt. " They are doing so in England." " Not if road services get thd highrated goods," replied the county clerk, Mr. C. F. E. Barton. Mr. J. Primrose said the road services had brought the railway authorities to their senses, amd the railways were giving better service now than ever before. The council passed a resolution supporting the transport authority's decision, Mr. Watt dissenting.