ROAD TRANSPORT.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 387, 23 November 1932, Page 4

ROAD TRANSPORT.

To the Editor. 9 Sir, — All over N ew Zealand jj are being made by business andjj ing interests, as well as by thciS cerned with road transport, J the drastic nature of the propo* gulations for licensing goods^l It is recognised hy all thail sort of regulation is desirable,}® severity of the restrictionst fljB Tbeen proposed by the transport* rities and the hasty methods ■ employed, have caused a great * of dism'ay and misgiving. T^el whose living depends on roadS port were not consulted in t>9 the regulations;, the elaboratfg| of restrictive clauses were dev@ departmental officers, and men and firms mosi; concemiM given short notice in which toB the proposals and define theirn tiohs. t * 1| The regulations as printed Jl licensing authority power to£| rputes, territories, loads and® rates. It wili specify the nag the hook-keeping a. lorry-qwss® use. It will try to define ivhetiH vehicle is "suitable," and rybll is "maintained. in a fit and© condition"— -matters that migj'B be left to the discretion of th© of the vehicle., ? The ihtroduction of licensfl goods vehicles will open anotk© ter in the rail yersus. road .ccJg is an elahorate attempt toEf road services and dfive moretHj to the railways. Obviously, b;B of the information the licensin^B rity .will secure, and 'especiallj® fixing of freight-rates, it will» to place the railways in a >]© favourable position to comptH goods traffic on jthe roads. |H fixing of charges for a certs® service for a eertain pcrio.d, hH| for the Railway Departmen!^ their rates so "as to get tlj*§ share of the business. PcikSH will not happen; perhaps it rMm One oiitstanding absurdityi^g license shall be for one vehi;^» as a separate application -wiifjjl he put in for each route. with ten vehicles and six rocflE conceivably have to take outfflP for sixty licenses. • Everybody acknowlsdges !©| road and rail situation needsi©| in the interests of the commnjBg those familiar with road trans JB| tend that some of the propose©fj tions are so drastic as to and unworkahle. As the who!;B| . in connection with goods sjplf an experiment, the harsher^P should be eliminated, so thatifffff sing may be introduced mum of trouble and frictioaj^^ In England the whole ma:|||| ing thrashed out at presensjS hasis of the proposals of i°:*© Committee, which are the hot opposition from ©very party except the railways. tish Govei'mnent has not decision concerning the detai^i restrictjons, and it would m'pBK wise for the Transport LiceJttf thority in New Zealand slowly" until the English has been decided upon. ^||f The common sense attitosOp the road and rail prohlem Mpfj cently stated in a hulletin crflit Administration issued by thlPS ment of Economics at College. "It is widely feared that r(cjnK port may be restrieted andan®B. degree of monopoly given to ways, in order that their power might be improved. important that the conimueiiWB| enjoy the b'est transport avai':^^( that the railway should pjg||se. terest on eapital, hence pro^BR the railways by restricting SPRJ peition in transport is oppoj©|fv, general interest." — I ara, etffeH,