TAX ON MOTOR-LORRIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18461, 26 July 1923, Page 6

TAX ON MOTOR-LORRIES.

— ■<&»• — - LOCAL BODIES' v BY-LAWS. • . . ! -• • , : ; v-; i ■ . ■ —— CARRIERS concerned;- . r - ' -r— • ibx, iELEGBAPH.—OWN COBBESJONpSNJ'.J ' Hamilton'; WeM;. • Objection' to the new 6cale of; liciss^ fees' that the local - bodies -of the ;.Wa)'kafo •p: propose to levy on motor vehicles'was voiced by a deputation', represent fe- ... Hamilton Motor Drivers' AssbciaUon, . which ■ waited on Mr: : J. A. Young, jn Hamilton, 1 this morning. ; It ' was stated that, the new' scale of license fees varied , from £15 for a one-fon lorry, £25 for I£- ' tonsj.£4o for two tons, £55 for 21- tons, uJ|| £75 for three tons; and !up •!to i-.£lCo-' for 1; ' four tons or over. ' .The -; deputation stated |t||| , that a , thrje-ton lorry--was a : .fair : proposi- . ,• tion on country • roads, . but' the proposed .-, - annual ;■! tax -, of £75,w0u1d.b0 .; prohibitive , to the carrier in a small I way of business, while in»any; case it would ;?eqtrijte to f bep§fe passed -on ! t to . tho settlers who' to-iiay? depending so much' upop the'motor. , : f In; reply, Mr.-Young : said - that' while he would be vglad,, to; render them i • every assistance, ! l they . must ■' remember that. tfcV 'control and Regulation'ol traffic within th'. county and municipal districts:; was, in th<iabsence )of any; special legislation,. uj't hands- of ; the f local authority,V which htipowers to make-by-laws within 1 the limits fixed by Statute. Where no specific statu-t||§;s tory authority existed no by-law could be made. ■ s?.Mr. Young suggested ; that isse|f§ll association should ask the local bodies of y the Waikato to call a further conferecc* ... to -go intothe whole matter and request ■ that their side of the question should cbaflll considered; before the matter was ! finaUy settled. vv ; vA;: : .;v:'v.: 7 : •"V. J V; - • ~ •' ~~ ' - ... i