Peter Lindsay Interview

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IntervieweePeter LindsayInterview Date1 September 1986Place RecordedCoffs Harbour-NSWDuration38m16sAccession NumberLS2020.1.80Credit LineCoffs Harbour City Council, 1988.Access AdviceFor research purposes only. No reproduction without permission of Yarrila Arts and Museum.

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Peter Lindsay is part owner of Lindsay Brothers Transport.

InterviewerLesley GibbsAgencyYarrila Arts & Museum (YAM)CollectionYAM Museum CollectionSub-CollectionVoice of Time oral history projectSummaryStandard disclaimer. Visit the 'Voice of Time' web site to read or listen to the disclaimer. "Lindsay Bros" started in 1953 as a local carrying company -- Father, Vic Lindsay, started the original company in 1933 carting bananas to rail -- Three pence per mile per ton tax in 1956 -- Ten lorries in 1957 -- Some weeks 120 loads of produce south from Queensland to NSW and Victoria. The railways and other competition -- Local employment -- Maintenance crew -- The changing trucking business - increase in weight-carrying capacity -- Which came first, the truck or the road? Father's two trucks and bus run -- The Sixties and the Semis -- The administration side of the business -- School and local bus services - now interstate. Preference for truck makes -- Drivers, a breed on their own -- Two years without an accident -- Servicing the equipment -- The diesel truck -- The job now compared with the early days. The truck of today -- The CB radio -- The long-range radio -- Government taxes, direct and indirect -- Payroll tax and fuel tax. Worked harder and made money to get started -- See an opportunity...expand -- Larger carriers coming into Coffs Harbour -- The owner-drivers. Brothers gave up driving in the mid-sixties to stay and run the business -- Branching into other business ventures -- Family involvement -- Lindsay Brothers cranes -- The recession - but produce still has to be carted and people still have to eat.

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