HIGHER PETROL TAX
Suggestion To Local * Bodies Commission i (New Zealand Pres, Association) - WELLINGTON, March 21. <
. No reason for import control ? on anything except petrol could s be seen by him, said the secretary of the Municipal Association of New Zealand (Mr C. L. Bishop) I before the Royal Commission on o local body finance today. There 4 was a blank cheque for petrol j in overseas funds and it killed
public transport There were far ; : too many cars on the road, he said. The chairman (Sir Joseph Stan- ‘ ton): All motorists think that Mr Bishop suggested a figure of 6d a gallon increase In the ~ petrol tax. This would yield about £6m on present figures ot • consumption, he said.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28542, 22 March 1958, Page 6
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