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ROAD TRANSPORT LINES ; CHANCES IN TARANAKI The largest motdr transport service in New Zealand, which serves Taranaki extensively, was taken over by tin- 1 Railway Deoartinent on Monday. No timetable or freight alterations are known. The Railway Department recently purchased trie service, the Highways Transport Comnanv Limited, which has its head office at Palmerston North. Three other services, Hardy s Transport Limited, Wellington, the Cunningham Carrying Company, Limited, Wellington, and S. Wright and Company, Limited, Wanganui, also have been purchased, it is understood. Highways Transport Limited, serves Taranaki, Hawke's Bay and Wellington, its area extending over tiliu miles of road. It has more than 40 vehicles, and last vear they covered morc/han 1,000,000 'miles. Hardy's Transport, Limited, also serves New Plymouth, while Wright and Company, Limited, serves part of Taranaki. It is not known when-the three smaller companies will be taken over by the Railway Department.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 5 May 1938, Page 17
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