TRANSPORT OF STOCK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22205, 4 September 1935, Page 14

TRANSPORT OF STOCK

METHODS IN 'THE NORTH MOTOR-LORRY FAVOURED POLICY TO BE LAID DOWN [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Tuesday An invitation to any farmers present to give an opinion as to the most desirable method of conveying livestock to the freezing works at Moerewa was extended at a sitting of the No. 1 District Transport Licensing Authority yesterday by the chairman, Mr. W. Jones. Mr. F. Elliott, chairman of directors of the Hikurangi Dairy Company, Limited, and riding member of the Whangarei County Council, said he considered young stock, particularly bobby calves and lambs, should be sent by the most expeditious route. "If these animals can be sent direct to Moerewa without the necessity of transhipping by rail I think it will be in the best interests of all," said Mr. who remarked that he had seen bobby calves left all night in a railway truck at the Hikurangi station, when they could have been delivered direct from the farm to Moerewa in a few hours by motor-lorry. Although the lorries might be heavy on the road, Mr. Elliott said he thought their use was desirable. Other speakers expressed similar opinions and considered that all stock within a radius of 40 miles of the works should be carried by motorlorry. Mr. F. G. Craig, who represented the Railway Department, said at present a special stock train ran twice weekly to Moerewa. If all stock 40 miles south was diverted, then the department would definitely cease to run the train, which would be very inconvenient for the large number of farmers scuth of Whangarei. The train, Mr. Craig said, did not pay under present conditions. Mr. Jones, in thanking the speakers for the information, said the authority intended to lay down a policy on the question in the near future.