TRANSPORT COUNCIL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 648, 27 April 1929, Page 1

TRANSPORT COUNCIL

PERSONNEL ANNOUNCED BY MINISTER MR. R. MASTERS CHAIRMAN Press Association WANGANUI, To-day. The Hon. W. A. Veitch, Minister cf Transport, announced to-day that the following had accepted positions on the Transport Advisory Council: R. Masters (biratford), Government nominee and chairman of the council. H. C. Jones (Auckland), representative of the North Island Motor Union. H. Malliday (Dunedin), representative of the South island Motor Union. G. A. Troup (Wellington), representative of the New Zealand Municipal Association. E. Smith (Christchurch), representative of the New Zealand Master Carriers’ Association and Federation. H. L. Rogers (Wellington), representative of the Wholesale and Retail Motor Traders’ Association of New Zealand. A. McFarlane (Wellington), representative of the labour engaged in the transport work generally. W. Morrison (Maxwell), representative of the New* Zealand Counties’ Association. H. F. Knight (Wellington), representative of the service car proprietors. L. A. Lonergan (Wellington), representative of the Motor Omnibus proprietors. The work of finalising the settingup of the council is now in hand, and it is hoped to call it together at an early date. The Minister expressed himself as being highly satisfied with the council, which, he was certain, would bring a specialised knowledge to the assistance of the Transport Department and himself, which would be of immense value in solving the problems of transport, which would have to be tackled at an early date. The men who comprised the council were all well-known and able men, whose work has brought them into close touch with the various aspects of transport and proTJlems relating thereto. “The board,” said the Minister, “wi-j be asked to settle down to seriqus | business right away. There is a lot of work ready for it, and I regard as a first task the revision of motor regulations and the simplification of them wherever possible. What I hope ultimately to achieve is such a set of regulations that once a motorist has taken the trouble to understand them he will be able to go right through New Zealand without breaking the law, because it will be uniform. I am not so foolish as to believe that this ideal will be realised immediately, but if we keep our attention constantly on it we can at least hope for a continual improvement of all matters connected with \ motor transport.”