TRANSPORT CHARGES

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 55, Issue 3941, 18 August 1937, Page 7

TRANSPORT CHARGES

PROPOSED PROVINCIAL RATES.

A BASIS FOR CO-ORDINATION.

“This conference protests against any proposal to eliminate competition amongst carriers by instituting minimum rates and forcing them into a closer corporation. That a minimum schedule for the province be consideiiod. That a committee of two representatives from each organisation be set up to arrive at a basis for cc-ordination.”

These decisions reached at a meeting of dairy company and county council representatives with the Farmers’ Union executive at Auckland on August 12th, convened by the Farmers’ Union to consider transport affairs and attended by about fifty representatives, wei’e communicated to the Waipa County Council meeting >n Monday, with the request for asisstance and co-operation. It was mentioned that Union branches had been asked to appoint district committees to seek co-opera-tion of their dairy companies and county councils. The circular further stated that the following minimum basis of cartage charges had been drawn up for consideration, based on actual charges made on fourth-class roads and found payable, under present costs and conditions. (The rates to be for manures and bagged goods and are for a twoton load, one way, at per ton): —For cne mile or two miles, 3s; for three miles, 3s 6d, rising 6d per mile for each mil'e over this, thus 4 miles 4s, 5 miles 4s 6d, etc. A deduction of one penny per mile was suggested for each mile above two miles (the first two miles at least being considered almost always better-class reading) for each successive improvement in classification. That means for third-class roads additions of 5d per mile above two miles, and for secondclass roads an addition of 4d per mile above two miles. Where roads arte of a worse standard than fourthclass. the rate is to rise per mile instead of falling by Id. It was explained that these rates were submitted for consideration as a basis, not as necessarily fitting in with local conditions, which varied gheatly. A basic rate of 8s per hour was also suggested, also with regard to the same class of goods (manures and other bagged goods) and the same class of road (fourth-class). The Council decided to receive the communication.