COUNCIL PROTESTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 35, 12 July 1939, Page 5

COUNCIL PROTESTS

SHINGLE CARTAGE DOUBLED EFFECT OF NEW RATE SCHEDULE U W. The Whakatane Borough Council at its meeting on Monday night decided to make a pfotcst regarding the price fixed for the cartage of river bed shingle under the scale issued by the No. 1 Licensing Authority, which comes into effect next Monday, July 17. The matter was raised by Mr V/. S. Henderson, Borough Foreman, who said he had been authorised to expend £125 on the purchase and cartage of shingle for The Heads job. Under the new scale of prices cartage would cost about lis (id a yard instead of os a yard as had been estimated. CARRIERS SATISFIED. Cr W. Sullivan said he thought the carriers were satisfied to do the job for the former prices. There was no reason why a district having such natural facilities should be called on to pay something li'ke double the pre sent charges. T>hq puliliq would have to pay for it and the carriers themselves m'ight lose business, i He moved- that council communicate with the' licensing authority and point out that in its opinion the charge for riverbed shingle was and ask that evidence be taken and a revision made. ; Cr A. J. (Canning seconded the motion. Cr Sullivan added that he felt sure the carriers-association was quite willing to put the charges on a reasonable basis. MOTION LATE. The Mayor said that the motion was probably a little bit late as the authority had sat here and taken eyidence. However the motion mighty as well go forward. ~ * . Cr A. Hall said that the price for shingle cartage was the only excessive one, and it Was greater than tlie charge local carriers had fixed. Th?y had been prepared to take something around (is a ytu-d, and he thought the addition was due to applications from Tau ran git and Rbtorila. Themotion >was'carried.