SHORT HOURS HINDER RAIL TRANSPORT AND AID FOR BRITAIN
<OC.) Marton, Feb. 24. The opinion that inadequate railway facilities and the five-day 40-hour week was major hindrances in the aid for Britain drive for increased production, was expressed at a meeting of the Wellington Central Provincial Executive of Federated Farmers in Marton to-day. One Hawke’s Bay lime works, which normally produced 150 tons daily, was recently allowed only foui* railway trucks a day, said Mr. J. R. L. Hammond. Transport of wheat and other goods essential for production was being held up through shortage of trucks, he said. The railway traffic manager had stated that through the 40-hour week thousands of waggons were immobilised from Friday until Monday through lack of carriers to unload them during the week-end.
On the motion of Mr. T. Bergen, it was agreed to bring to the attention of the Aid for Britain Committee the seriousness of the present restrictions in the use of railway trucks in transporting grain and farm produce jouth.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 25 February 1948, Page 4
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