Kenworth K-100 Grey Ghosts

OK Guyz
Here'z the Gos
Craig supplied me with a few pages from book about the KW
the Book for memory twaz titled
'They Came Like Waves' : Long-distance Trucking in Australia
http://www.biblioz.com/image.php?img=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biblioz.biz%2Fb%2F878m%2F4148878-0-m.jpg&w=135&h=200

Fora good read clik here
www.biblioz.com/lp25764148878_0

Anybody got or read this book?
Anybody gunna get this book n read it 2 me?
LOL

Cya

[ch9787]

Ta muchly Swishy, knew you'd come through.

regards greenie [smiley=vrolijk_1.gif]

I'll read it to you, Swish.

"Are you lying comfortably?" "Good, then I'll begin..."

Yes teddles I've got that book and it's an interesting to read how they struggled with the government and railways way back then to get where they are today

WerkOrse
GuddayM8

For memory (Not th@ I'v read it)
a group of Australians took the transport issue Btwen states to the hi court in London n won
they were pushing for free trade btween states n th@'z how interstate raod transport began in Australia
the States @ the time were try n to push an antiquated Rail transport system
But we still dont have a Fwy Btween capital cities

LOL


(How'd I go Andy? am I close to the written word)

Cya

[ch9787]

I think it was the "Hughes ans Vale" case,taken to the high court in London about 1967, that finally undid the states.There is some interesting reading in old Truck and Bus magazines in the 50`s but mainly 60`s of articles about blokes getting nailed,or the lengths they went to,to get around it all.The government was protecting the rail because they owed a big bucket of money to the Poms because they had to borrow it to build the "efficient" rail network.

Here U go
a snipit of sum words

Australia is a federation that relies on the constitution to divide power between the federal government, states and territories. As the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act did not specify powers of control over road transport it effectively relinquished full jurisdiction of such reforms to the states and territories.

In 1952, truck drivers were frustrated by the levies on interstate road transport, which were designed to protect the state-owned railways. They placed a copy of the constitution in a barrow and pushed it by hand between Melbourne and Sydney. This journey took 11 days, 2 days quicker than a parcel mailed at the same time and carried by rail.

Their purpose was to challenge the validity of the New South Wales State Transport Act against

Hughes and vales Transpory Pty Ltd NSW
I found the court case but can't down load it..........

Hey Teddles next time your talking to ol Ray Gilleland ask him about Hughes and Vale he ran out of their service station way back then just to the north of the harbour bridge in SYD if I remember correctly.

I think they had given up trucking by then but you'd have to ask him for the full details.

Hughes and vales Transpory Pty Ltd NSW
I found the court case but can't down load it..........[/quote

Hughes and vales court case 1954.
The legislationwas upheld in the high court
but was declared invalid on appeal to the privy council
Legislation in all other states was declared invalid
The NSW government ammended the legislation
but it too was declared invalid..............