TRUCKS FOR THE ARMY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 297, 17 December 1941, Page 4

TRUCKS FOR THE ARMY

IMPRESSMENT STARTS AT END OF WEEK ANNOI N‘( E.MENT MADE i j According to a statement yesterd.iv iby the Number 15 Controller, Mr. G. R. Mackenzie, inqiiessnient of motor 'trucks and lorries, of from one ton Ito three tons capacity, tor the Army, .will begin in the Wanganui distric, I at the end of the week The number required by the Aim from the district, which extends from Jthe Patea River to the Rangitik.-i

River and north to Raetihi and Ohakime. vvas subject Io vm.atlon, ho said, hut it was more than Uli' Late models. 1937 to 1939, wete wanted pat ticulai ly. Cars would not be impressed as long as the number wanted, which was not huge, was offered for sale. The Wanganui Emergency Impressment Committee had .several latemodel cars under offer already, hut more were wanted for inspection. Captain R. Grierson, distiict technical motor transport oiiicer. Army Department, Wellington, attended a full meeting of the committee on Monday and outlined the Army’s requirements. The Wanganui Racecourse will the assembly point for impressed ti ucks.