TRANSPORT PROBLEM

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19267, 8 March 1937, Page 3

TRANSPORT PROBLEM

POSITION IN DOMINION LONDON COMMENT Praise tor tlio manner in which tDe Government was attacking Hut trans])oi'l problem in Now Z< mlmihl was expressed in AnckLiml by Gaptain R. “• England. of London, who has spent Hi© part tliroi: months in the Dominion mi business. Captain England is a director of England’s Branch ol ( ater-Pateisou, l.imitcd. one of the largest transport advices in Great Britain.

New Zealand was taking steps siniiku to i hose in England in transport coordination and control, Captain England said. Transport lo a cerlain extent had In lie a national service because it was for the benefit, of all.

“It is possible to produce tar more than the people require, hut the difficulty is distribution,” he added. “A Government can decide on the policy by which it can control transport, as required and leave to individuals the task of perfecting details. The concentration of individual eflort in a controlled way seems to he tlio best, solution. Captain England said he InM noticed a remarkable improvement in New Zealand roads since his last visit lo the Dominion 15 years ago. In n comparatively short time a tremendous amount of work had been done, and he believed that, generally speaking, the roads were as good as the majority elsewhere. I lint was particularly considering the difficult nature of the country through which they had been constructed. '1 he route, from Napier to Waiknri was a marvellous feat of engineering. Prior to entering business many years ago. Captain England was associated with three expeditions to the Antarctic, two with Scott and one with SluK'klcton.