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IMPORTS of taxis FOUR HUNDRED CARS PA WELLINGTON May 30. Licences are. to be granted for the importation of 400 taxi cabs from Great Britain. This decision was announced to-night by the Minister of Finance, Mr Nash, who said it had been made in response to representations from the New Zealand Taxi Proprietors’ Association and after an inquiry by the Minister of Transport. Mr Mdckstti Mr Nash said the cars, in the main, would replace old vehicles which had been in service since before the war. It was felt they would do much to relieve the need of.the public for reliable and efficient taxi services. No licences would be issued for cars the purchase of which would entail expenditure of dollars. The Minister of Transport had arranged for the cars to be allocated on a priority basis An undertaking would be required of taxi proprietors that the vehicles made available under this scheme would be used for taxi purposes, and that they would not be disposed of within 12 months from the date of purchase except with the written approval of the Commissioner of Transport.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27094, 31 May 1949, Page 4
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