ESTIMATE SOUGHT

Opunake Times, 2 September 1947, Page 2

ESTIMATE SOUGHT

GARS AND TRUCKS FOR EX-SERVICEMEN In an endeavour to estimate -servicemen’s requirements of new cars and light trucks the Rehabilitation Department is taking applications from eligible ex-servicemen who still wish to purchase such vehicles as a necessary part of their vocational re-establishment. The department is endeavouring' to obtain the importation of additional vehicles to meet this demand.

In making a statement to this effect the Department emphasises that the fact that an ex-ser-viceman applies will not guarantee he will receive an allocation with or without a Rehabilitation loan to purchase a vehicle. Applications, however, • will assist the Department to find the number of ex-servicemen wishing to be catered for, and to treat applications in order of urgency as vehicles come forward. Ex-ser-vicemen are urged to make their requirements known to their nearest Rehabilitation Office as early as possible. Vehicles which are expected to become available-will be mainly new heavy cars such as those suitable for taxi-cab businesses, and light trucks. Apart from purely vocational needs those of certain types of disabled ex-ser-vicemen will also be considered. Any vehicles obtained in this way will be additional to those obtained under the arrangement's already made by the Department with the New Zealand Motor Retailers’ Association for preference supply to properly recommended ex-servicemen. They will be limited in number and the Department emphasises, that only applications from men with a real need can be considered.