IMPROVED STATUS
Customs Agent Standing
Co-operation between customs agents and officers of the Customs Department had not always existed, the retiring Comptroller of Customs (Mr J. F. Cummings) told delegates attending the annual conference of the New Zealand Society of Customs Agents in Christchurch. “In my early years of port experience, relations were not very good. The old type of examiner seemed to delight in putting the agent on the mat If he could be fined it was even better.
“In recent years there has been a tremendous improvement in your status. You should be getting recognition now because of the important part you play in the community.” He said such a spirit of cooperation between the department and agents could not exist without a conscious effort to foster it
He said the country was on the threshold of the new Brussels Tariff Nomenclature. “I am convinced we have done the right thing in changing. To persist in trying to make the Standard International Trade Classification tariff work would have resulted in a more complex document”
Mr H. Sarginson, a past president and life member of the society, made a presentation to Mr Cummings on behalf of the society. He said it was the first time a retiring comptroller had been bidden farewell outside Wellington.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31315, 10 March 1967, Page 7
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