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LICENSES FOR FOREIGN BUSINESS TRAVELLERS ? “ There is one thing which I am exceedingly sorry has not been introduced to-day, and that is the question of the imposition of a license on travellers who come to this country,” said Mr Gibson, M.P., in a speech in the House of Commons prior to the general election. “If I go to Norway on a business trip I have to pay £5 for a traveller’s license. If I go to Sweden I pay £5. If I go to Finland I pay £2O; and if I go to Denmark I pay £2O. Why should our travellers have to pay these large amounts on going to those countries when thousands of travellers come to this country without having to pay anything for a similar privilege ? “ It is estimated that if these licenses were charged against travellers coming to this country we could quite easily raise over £1.000.000 a year. There would be no difficulty in obtaining the money, and the work could be done through the post offices and the licensing authorities. I hope that on future occasions-this matter will be taken into consideration.”
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2803, 20 November 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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190UNTAPPED WEALTH Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2803, 20 November 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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