TRANSPORT COSTS.

Southland Times, Issue 25306, 8 June 1935, Page 9

TRANSPORT COSTS.

To the Editor. ■ Sir, —May I crave a small space in your columns to register a strong protest against the latest form of pin pricking and red tape. A refer in particular to country sport; in the past various clubs and teams such as hockey, football, tennis, etc., havd been fortunate in having lorry owners who are generous enough to. place their lorries at their disposal but now a kind transport board or some such thing says the owners must pay a fair sum of £6 to £7 for lending their lorries over and above the ordinary fees. As the ayerage sport cannot afford to pay heavy fees in these hard times there is only one thing to do, stay at home, and it is a sore point, as in country districts there is no Rugby Park at their back door. Surely when a lorry has a heavy traffic license it does not matter what sort of load it has. Of course we know all about “third party risk,” a national bonus to insurance companies. We are not blaming traffic inspectors; they are only servants. To the writer’s knowledge there is already one old established club crippled, but why worry when the makers of these laws are drawing up to £lOOO a year, so it is no trouble to them to travel. In the olden days when they used to torture men and they found that men were beginning to stand the torture, the master minds would-think out something more painful. It seems we have not advanced much. Perhaps someone else could explain this more clearly.—l am etc., COUNTRY.