MOTORISTS' HOPES

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25203, 16 May 1945, Page 8

MOTORISTS' HOPES

FUTURE PETROL RATION "TINGE OF POLITICS" (P.A.) CHRISTCHT7RCH, Tcesfc. A statement by the Ministor , Supply, Mr Sullivan, that he had J*' sonaliy requested that better treat™ V ; in petrol supplies should be gj Te „ ? New Zealand by the United Stl. > • by the United Kingdom Oil Boa-d l"* quoted by the president of the* t.,5 Island Motor Union, Mr W R & this evening. The union's executive?; ' cided to cable the Automobile issJtion in Great Britain asking for narticJ" ars of the ration which Mr fLJI-n had announced would be given within ' ■lays to British P ri™to g «53g"S ration being equivalent to that to American motorists. u "I was in communication with +v, Q Minister yesterday and reminded him n | the promise made to us and exnmji the hope that the full ration wSk available through July and the ioltw registration period," said Mr CW ' Mr Sullivan said he had discard matter when in the lln ted States ' the secretary of the United K® Oil Board, who was there then, and much would depend on how th e Jit went and what thev were ablo tn or the United Kingdom had requested that better treating should be given to New Zealand " Mr J. S Hawkes: Was not some <*. ception taken by America to our eS ting extra petrol? - , w Bet " Mr G. Hamilton asked for a conroari son of the petrol allowed United States' motorists, whmh English motorists also to receive. Another member sail the quantity was three times that allowed in New Zealand. Mr Freeman: Without being m.' 1 picious I think there is a little ting,, of politics m this. The end of the motor ing yar is very soon and a sum will J* demanded for re-registration. What arc we going to get for re-registering? WORK AT KARAPIRO IMPORTANCE STRESSED THE NEED OF CARPENTERS The importance of the work on the Karapiro hydro-electric scheme wai again emphasised by the district manpower officer, Mr C. G. S. Ellis, before the Auckland Industrial Manpower Committee yesterday, when appeal', against the direction of eight carpenters to the works were heard. Housing and urgent military work were not on an equal footing with KaraPi.ro, said Mr Ellis. The Minister of Works, Mr Semple, had stated thatth» Devonport Naval Base was a No. I priority at present and Karapiro wss next, with other defence works and hospital and housing construction following. Without the completion of the Karapiro undertaking housing and hoa- ! pita! schemes could not function. The*-:" date for the. completion of the Karapiro work was April, 1946. Labour requirements at the works in March were 50 carpenters, 150 labourers and seven plasterers, and after a regional conference Auckland's contribution was fixed at 40 The men directed had been selected on the basis of a survey of the firms concerned. Interested parties, including trade union secretaries, had visited Karapiro before the directions were made, .Mr Ellis continued, and he thought that those who made the inspection were satisfied that there was a need for men and that the men there were being used to the best of their ability. The labour needs at the Naval Base had been met by . the direction of 110 carpenters. These men were mostly oft class who could not be transferred to > ; Karapiro. \SI% Appeals in respect of four of the mffl directed were dismissed bv the committee. Two appeals were allowed and the cases of two of the men were adjourned.

THE HAMILTON SEAT ■ LABOUR CAMPAIGN (0.C.) HAMILTON, Tuesday jgj An attentive hearing was givea to Mr C. A. Barrell, Labour candidate for the Hamilton seat, and the Hon. A. H. Nordmeyer, Minister of Health, when they addressed a large gathering at Erankton this evening. Asked if he in favour of waiving the operation of the Fair Rents Act to enable accommodation to be made available for returned j servicemen in private homes, Mr Nordmeyer said he was hopeful that a decision would be reached this week that would help to solve a most difficult question. Answering another question, he said the requirements of the armed services in the future would not be nearly if heavy as they had been in the past. " Both speakers were given a cordis! rote of thanks, with a rote of confident in Mr Barrell. GYMKHANA ASSOCIATION (0.C.) WEAKATANE, Toesdif A meeting of delegates representing a large number of gymkhana committees in the Bay of Plenty was held_ at Matata yesterday, when an association was'formed. The convener of the meeting. Mr S. Burstall (Awaken); stated that one of the main duties of th* association would be to fix dates for forthcoming gymkhanas in order t" avoid meetings clashing and also to form a good circuit. Mr J. Pattie (Pukehina) wag elected president of the association. PERSONAL ITEMS ' The Hon. J. O'Brien, acting-Minister of Mines, returned yesterday from ■ visit to the northern coal mines. He isat the Station Hotel. Sir Percy Ashley, president of the British Standards Institute, who na? been investigating the post-war possibilities of the British textile trade - New Zealand, returned to Aucklandyesterday. 1 The Rev. R. Ferguson Fish, convener of the Missions Committee of *° e . Presbyterian Church, and the Eev> u- v N. MacDiarmid, Director of Missions, left for Wellington yesterday, to attend the finance meeting of the Church. Bishop F. Houghton and Mrs Houghton and Mr W. J. Embery, o ; the China Inland Mission, have returned to Auckland from a visit to the soutt and will leave shortly for SydneyBishop and Mrs Houghton will proceed to* Chungking as soon as possibleWorks wonders P° u |^ s^^ S cl';||iS Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. " J* Woods. Ltd.. Lambton Quay. Welim* ton.—Advt . Extra Heavy Quality Tea Towelling, excellent finish, • absorbent, wit) __ r a oured border—-22m width, 4s 110 . ' —John Court, Ltd., Queen St.—Advt.