War Economy
CHAPTER 15 — Transport Difficulties
Contents
- Co-ordination Attempts Before the War p. 391
- Waterfront Work p. 392
- Pressure for Co-operative Stevedoring p. 393
- The Waterfront Transport Control Board
- Early Wartime Troubles on the Waterfront
- The Waterfront Control Commission p. 395
- A New Waterfront Award p. 396
- Co-operative Contracting
- ‘Spelling’ p. 398
- Extended Hours of Work p. 399
- United States Supplies p. 400
- Limited Success of Co-operative Contracting p. 401
- Coastal Shipping p. 403
- Shortages of Fish p. 404
- New Zealand Railways
- Railway Staff Shortages p. 405
- Coal for Locomotives p. 407
- Coal Mining
- Shortages of Hard Coal p. 410
- Transport of West Coast Coal p. 411
- State Ownership of Mines p. 412
- Open-cast Mining
- Railways Reactions p. 415
- Air Services
- Road Transport p. 416
- Petrol Rationing
- Zoning and Rationalisation of Road Transport p. 419
- Wartime Transport Arrangements p. 421