PETROL PRICES
REGULATION OPPOSED. \ [PER press association.] WELLINGTON, December 18. The following resolution has been forwarded to the Premier by the Executive of the Associated Chambers of Commerce: “In the matter of the Motor Spirits (Regulation of Prices) Bill, this Executive deplores the rushing through of this most important measure in the dying hours of the session, and further strongly objects to the proposals contained in the bill, which will have the effect of depriving the whole community of the benefits resulting from competition in the sale of petrol, as well as of preventing the possibility of any such beneficial competition in future, because of the fixation of prices proposed, and that at the direction of one man, namely, the holder of the portfolio, of Industries and Commerce, instead of Parliament. Furthermore, this Executive draws warning attention to the grave danger in allowing that the State may assume the control of private business by fixing prices of goods, commodities and services.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 December 1933, Page 6
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