RADIO SET AT RELIEF CAMP
APPLICATION TO WAIVE LICENSE FEE WHY IT WAS DECLINED [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 2. Application that the license fee for a radio set at the relief camp at Omakau (Otago) should be waived has been declined by the Postmaster-General on the ground that the regulations do not permit him to take the action desired. This has led to some criticism in the south, and the statement that the Minister is sheltering behind the opinion of the Crown Law Office.
The Minister said to-day: “It was distinctly provided in the regulations that only in the case of blind persons could the payment of a license be waived. To comply with the request would necessitate an amendment of the regulations, and if the point were conceded with respect to unemployment camps there was no doubt requests, for similar treatment would be received from organisations controlling the various types of institutions which dealt with unfortunate sections of the community.” As Acting-Minister of Employment he had brought to the notice of the Unemployment Board the request made to him in his capacity- as Postmaster-Gene-ral, and the board had decided to obtain further particulars which would enable it to consider whether the request should be given effect to.
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Evening Star, Issue 21170, 2 August 1932, Page 11
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210RADIO SET AT RELIEF CAMP Evening Star, Issue 21170, 2 August 1932, Page 11
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