ROAD TRANSPORT

Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1932, Page 3

ROAD TRANSPORT

STRICT CONTROL JUSTIFIED.

ADDRESS BY MR. S. S. ALLEN.

The work of the Central Licensing Authority in regulating road transport in New Zealand was discussed by Mr. S. S. Allen, Morrinsville, acting-chair-man of the authority, in an address given at a meeting of the Hamilton Rotary Club. Mr. Allen said, he considered the regulation of road transport was one of the most important problems the country had to face. If strict control were not adopted the country would find it- - • . /• ,

self involved in exceedingly heavy expenditure on road maintenance and in a much greater loss on the railways than was being experienced at present. Referring to the railways, Mr. Allen considered the most economical method of dealing with , transport was to maintain the existing service so long- as; it was useful. He thought both passenger and goods vehicles should be restricted on roads such as the Great South Road between Auckland and Hamilton, where an excellent train service ran at all hours of the day. It was a questic®, whether a road passenger and goods service on this highway was warranted *t all. Mr. Allen quoted instances where road services were warranted and where he considered they should be restricted. The goods service problem was much more difficult than that relating to passenger services, for the goods service* did not necessarily run between any two given points. Personally, he preferred the zoning system, which provided, that only those vehicles running out sf a defined area should, be licensed.