TRANSPORT LICENCES.
AIM OF RECENT AMENDMENT. (P.A.) AUCKLAND, November 17. A statement that the recent amendment to the transport licensing emergency regulations, empowering licensing authorities to give first preference to applications by returned servicemen for new road transport licences, had been introduced primarily for the purpose of assisting in the rehabilitation of discharged men, was made by the Minister of Transport (the Hon. J. O’Brien).
“Many returned men have had valuable experience in operating mechanical, transport in the armed services, and are now anxious to take the open-air life offered in the road transport industry,” the Minister said. “When considering applications for new licences, or for the transfer of existing licences, licensing authorities now have to give definite preference to discharged servicemen. “The regulations also give power to licensing authorities to control the selling prices of existing transport businesses,” he continued. “Due to the petrol and tyre restrictions, which have enhanced the values of many services, vendors are asking in some cases exorbitant prices for go-called goodwill.” The Government was determined that those men who had fought for our liberties should not be exploited. ,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 33, 18 November 1943, Page 2
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