IMPORTATION OF MOTOR-CARS
MINISTER NEGOTIATING WITH INDUSTRY RUMOURED PROPOSAL FOR BIG REDUCTION (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, April 15. Negotiations in progress between the Minister for Customs (the Hon. W. Nash) and representatives of the motor industry may have an important bearing on the future of the industry in New Zealand. For some time proposals have been discussed for a reduction in the imputation of complete cars and an increase in local assembly v/ork. The proposed decrease is not known, but it is rumoured that the interests concerned have been arguing on the basis of a substantial reduction, possibly as much as 40 per cent. _ _ , Questioned to-day, Mr Nash said that the Government was anxious to bring into operation proposals that would ensure the maximum manufacture and assembly of motor-cars in the Dominion. “We have been working along these lines,” he said, “but so far nothing has been completed.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22687, 17 April 1939, Page 10
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