CARTAGE FROM FORDELL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 181, 5 August 1935, Page 6

CARTAGE FROM FORDELL

RESIDENTS PRESENT PETITION Al TiRIKII'Y'S DECISION KESEKV El> \ petition wa> presented to Nu. 5 Di>-ri« i. Licensing Authority on Saturday supporting the application of a carrier to obtain a licence to operate at Furdcil. After hearing evidence the Authority ivserved its decision. The applicant stated that one prom inent resident hail stated that it cost 12s 6d over t’uu cost uf the work to get a lorry out thc.e from Wanganui. Tiie applicant wa> " I q.>'-cd by the Railway.-' and uix behalf of other earners operating uver that area. Mr. .Miller, i ail way frahic manager, stuleil lliul lari year 951 Rio ol | wool were put on the rail at Furdcil. ' ami one the previous year 11 -I. s.> j that it was ni-e te know that all the wool from the disliicl did m>i (oi.e tv] Wanganui by road. A Wanganui c.iriiei, xvhu vi'cratc- 1 mostly among the farmers in lorded district, said that he could cope with mure work than was offering in lhe distii' t, and he frequently ran through Fordell with his luuy empty. Hr ad milled that if called out to Fordell i torn W.tiiganui to do a job hi t ie dis tricl he would make au extra chaige for going out. Under cross-e.'.amirmlion he admitted that it v.uuld bo more economical for local work in Fordell tu have a rusi dent carrier, which would eliminate the charge for going out empty. A Wanganui carrier stated that he Lad carted Inietal there for the Wanganui ( ounty ( ouncil. and on each occasion had been on tile job fur a few days and camped there,, and made no extra charge for going out; A Mangamahu carrier, with twu lorries, which he ran through i’urdull. said he could quite easily cope with all the worl? offering iu his area. Counsel for applicant: You say Fordell does nut ireed a carrier and yet 2D prominent residents there sign a petition that they do, and you presume to know r better than they d". Decision was n-erved.