12 SEPTEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
3945

Transport Licensing Authority Sittings

PURSUANT to sections 119, 120, 121 and 136 of the Transport Act 1962, as amended by the Transport Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983, the Dunedin District and No. 10 District Transport Licensing Authority (F. H. K. Moore), gives notice of the receipt of the following applications and will hold a public sitting in the Conference Room, Ministry of Transport, 245 Cumberland Street, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 2nd day of October 1985, commencing at 9.30 a.m. to hear evidence for or against granting them.

A85/D/127 Richard Keith Popata, Dunedin: Transfer Continuous Taxicab Service Licence No. 11932 from Colin Robertson. (Tonkinson, Wood and Adams Bros., P.O. Box 803, Dunedin).

Not Before 10.15 a.m.

A10/85/75 James Robert Anderson, Dunedin: Application for a new Goods Service Licence, with exemption from section 109 (1) of the Transport Act 1962 for carriage of products of J. C. Hutton Ltd., in the No. 10 District. Number of Vehicles: 1. (Webb, Brash, Ward and Co., P.O. Box 11, Dunedin).

Not Before 11 a.m.

A10/85/36 Waitahuna Transport Ltd., Waitahuna: Application for a new Goods Service Licence. (Race and Douglas, P.O. Box 538, Dunedin).

Not Before 12 Noon

A10/85/50 George Collett Tim Armstrong, trading as Deer Cartage, Palmerston: Application for a new Goods Service Licence. (Richard Farry and Co., P.O. Box 5419, Dunedin).

Dated at Dunedin this 3rd day of September 1985.

D. A. BATCHELOR, Secretary.

Dunedin District and No. 10 District Transport Licensing Authority.

Transport Licensing Authority Sittings

PURSUANT to the Transport Act 1962, the Auckland Transport Licensing Authority, the No. 2 Transport District Licensing Authority and Harbour Ferry Licensing Authority (J. M. Foster), gives notice of the receipt of the following applications and will hold a public sitting in the Devonport Borough Council Chambers, Victoria Road, Devonport at the time and date stated to hear evidence for or against granting them.

Monday, 30 September 1985 at 10 a.m.

HF/681 North Shore Ferries Ltd.: A new Harbour Ferry Licence to operate scheduled services between Devonport/Stanley Bay/Auckland Ferry Terminal in accordance with existing timetables.

P2/682 Devonport Bus Co. Ltd.: A new Passenger Transport Licence to permit the operation of scheduled route services between Devonport Ferry Terminal and Stanley Bay etc. Routes and timetable to be serviced in accordance with existing timetable currently operated by North Shore Ferries Ltd.

Should these 2 applications be granted the Harbour Ferry and Passenger Licences held in the name of North Shore Ferries Ltd. are to be revoked.

Dated at Auckland this 4th day of September 1985.

G. SHAW, Secretary.

No. 2 Transport Licensing Authority.

Transport Licensing Authority Sittings

PURSUANT to the Transport Act 1962, the Auckland Transport Licensing Authority, the No. 2 Transport District Authority and Harbour Ferry Licensing Authority (J. M. Foster), gives notice of the receipt of the following applications and will hold a public sitting in the Courthouse, Thames, at the time and date stated to hear evidence for or against granting them.

Tuesday, 1 October 1985 at 11 a.m.

P2/648 Dennis Hesterman: A new Passenger Transport Service Licence.

P2/670 Lloyd Edward and Ramona Joan Cresswell: A new Passenger Transport Service Licence to operate scheduled route services as follows:

Route—Opoutere to Waihi.

Timetable—Opoutere to Waihi—return daily (Monday to Friday inclusive).

Depart Opoutere 8.10 a.m.
Depart Whangamata 9.00 a.m.
Arrive Waihi 10.00 a.m.

Afternoon Service:
Depart Waihi 12.45 p.m.
Depart Whangamata 3.00 p.m.
Arrive Opoutere 3.45 p.m.

Opoutere to Whangamata and vice versa: Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

The operator is permitted to carry mails and parcels. The licensee is permitted to operate a light trailer not exceeding 1.234 metres × 1.219 metres and also to fit a roof rack onto the vehicle in respect to the vehicle operated on this service.

G2/651 Steven John Bidois and Haroldene Jane Bidois: A new Goods Transport Service Licence.

Dated at Auckland this 4th day of September 1985.

G. SHAW, Secretary.

No. 2 Transport Licensing Authority.

Decision No. 15/85.
Reference No. 69/85.

Before the Broadcasting Tribunal

IN THE MATTER of the Broadcasting Act 1976, and IN THE MATTER of an application by CANTERBURY FROZEN MEAT COMPANY LIMITED to establish an FM Broadcast Station at Timaru:

Chairman: B. H. Slane.

Members: A. E. Wilson and R. H. Boyd-Bell.

Hearing: At Auckland on the 29th day of July 1985.

DECISION

THE Canterbury Frozen Meat Company Limited, Pareora Works filed an application for an FM sound-radio warrant on 14 May 1985. The proposal was to set up an FM station at the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company (CFM) Pareora Works and rebroadcast in FM mono the present programme broadcast in AM by the BCNZ’s Timaru station 3ZC, known as Radio Caroline.

The application was advertised and no objections were received. A public hearing was held in Auckland on 29 July 1985 at which there were no appearances.

Evidence by affidavit by T. G. Stagg, the Chief Engineer of the CFM Works at Pareora. He stated that the Pareora township, which is 13 kms out of Timaru, has a population of approximately 300 people. The works are the only industry in the immediate vicinity. The total number of employees during the peak season, which lasts about 7 months of the year is around 960 people. That number reduces to approximately 250 in the off-season.

Mr Stagg outlined the background to the application. Some 15 months ago, company employees expressed dissatisfaction at the existent radio coverage. Radio Caroline had been broadcast over a loud speaker system but this was found to be inadequate due to distortion and the general noise level.

The Department of Labour did an inspection of the works in November 1984 and made noise level recordings. The noise level was high and the loud speaker system increased it.

The new programme will not be broadcast by loud speaker, but any employee who wishes to listen to it will use radio headsets which they would purchase themselves.

The proposed station will therefore not only supply music to the employees but will assist in keeping the noise level down. The Department of Labour advised the applicant that they have no objection to this proposal, provided the volume on the radio is controlled to less than 85 dBA.

Attached to Mr Stagg’s evidence was a letter from B. J. Dorgan, the Secretary of Pareora Sub Branch of the Canterbury Meatworkers’ Union. He expressed the sub branch’s support for the CFM application. He noted that not only would the application reduce noise levels in working areas and supply a choice to the employees as to whether they listened to the radio or not, but it would also result in a reduction in the boredom problem in the repetitive jobs. He felt that the proposal would lead to an overall improvement in worker-employer harmony and industrial relations in general at the plant.

A further letter was attached to Mr Stagg’s evidence. This was from A. R. Keen the Managing Director of KM Electronics which is the company that would supply and install the necessary equipment for the station. He of course supported the application and pointed out that the proposal would have a further benefit: an alarm system would be built into the station which would be used for evacuation in times of emergency. This obviously included fire, but he pointed out that the works have had many bomb scares in the past and the new alarm system would be useful should any more occur.