ROAD TRANSPORT
STATE PURCHASES MINISTER'S DEFENCE A LIMIT TO BUYING ONLY MORE IMPORTANT Y< [by TELEGRAPH OWN correspondent] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday A statement on the Government's policy in the purchase of road transport services was made by the Minister of Railways, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan. He told the visitors to the official opening of the new Linwood Post Office that there were no grounds for fear that the Government intended to buy all the transport services. Sometimes he felt just a little envious of the Postmaster-General, the Hon. F. Jones, because his department lacked competition, Mr. Sullivan said.
"When the Minister of Railways wants to buy up an extra service or two, there is a real fight," he continued. "Those people who are a little bit afraid that wo are going to buy tip all the transport services need not be afraid. That is not the intention. We want to bring in some of the more important." The purchase of some of the services which the department had made in the south, the Minister added, had meant a saving to the department of £SOOO last year, giving this as an example of the department's policy in purchasing the services.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23023, 28 April 1938, Page 12
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