ESSENTIAL SERVICE
SELLING OF PETROL
(P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 15. To discover the likely effects of bringing the sale of petrol under the provisions of the Shops and Offices Act, and to state the case for motorists. a deputation from the North Island Motor Union, with one or more representatives from the South Island Motor Union, will wait on the Minister of Labour, Mr O'Brien, at the earliest opportunity This was decided by the North Island Union at its annual conference to-day. after a long discussion. Stronr opposition to the bringing of the sale of perol under'the Shops and Office? Act was expressed bv delegates be caus(* this would obviously impose restrictions, and it was thought tha' motorists had been under restriction? long enough. It was necessary, it wa: stated, that motorists should impres? on the New Zealand Retail Moto' Trade Association the necessity for regarding petrol sales as an essentia service.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26232, 16 August 1946, Page 6
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152ESSENTIAL SERVICE Otago Daily Times, Issue 26232, 16 August 1946, Page 6
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