TRANSPORT LICENSING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 June 1940, Page 6

TRANSPORT LICENSING

SITTING OF NO. 2 AUTHORITY WAIRARAPA APPLICATIONS. POSITION OF DAIRY COMPANIES. A sitting of the No. 2 Transport Licensing Authority (Mr P. Skoglund) was held in the Masterton Courthouse this morning when the following business was dealt with: — Transfers of goods-service licences: M. B. Tait to Tait and McKenzie (Featherston), granted. M. M. Condon to the Mauriceville Co-op. Dairy (Mau- . riceville), granted subject to certain amendments. J. R. Welch to J. R. t Donovan (Masterton), granted. '

Application for seasonal passengerservice licence: E. M. Bicknell (route, Featherston-Masterton-MartinboroughL not granted.

Applications for continuous goodsservice licences (ancillary): W. Whitehorn (Martinborough), not granted. J. W. Fellingham (Featherston), application adjourned. Joe Kwong On (Martinborough). application adjourned. Applications for amendments to goods-service licences: M. Mulvaney (Martinborough), granted. K. J. Aplin (Masterton), granted. W. A. R. Pinfold (Carterton), granted. C. H. Lethaby (Masterton), _not granted. Smith and Donovan Services, Ltd (Pongaroa), granted.

Application for amendment to pas-senger-service licence: W. G. Marflitt (Martinborough).—Decision reserved. Review of licence: C. Roigard (Mauriceville) . —Licence revoked. "I feel that the dairy companies should attend to their own business and leave transport business to those who earn their living by their service,” observed Mr Skoglund in refusing to grant a transfer, in the form applied for from M. M. Condon to the Mauriceville Co-operative Dairy Co. Mr Skoglund stated that he could understand a company wishing to apply for a licence to collect cream, but he considered that under the transfer applied for the com-, pany could use an undue influence to obtain business by encouraging its suppliers to order supplies through the factory. Mr Skoglund added that he would grant a transfer in an amended form restricting tlie licence to the cartage of cream and the carrying of small parcels on the return journey up to half a cwt.

Dealing with the adjourned application by the company for an amendment to a goods-service licence the Authority stated that he would grant a licence subject to goods being carried only on the outward journey up to 56 lbs in weight.