REDUCTION OF MOTOR IMPORTS
ENCOURAGEMENT OF ASSEMBLY IN NEW ZEALAND (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 15. Negotiations are in progress between the Minister of Customs (the Hon. W. Nash) and the representatives of the motor industry that may have a highly important bearing on the future of the industry jn New Zealand. For some little time proposals have been discussed for a reduction in the importation of cars and an increase in the local assembly operations. The proposed decrease is not known, but it is rumoured that the interests concerned have been arguing on the basis of a substantial reduction, possibly as much as 40 per cent. When questioned Mr Nash said today that the Government was anxious to bring into operation proposals that would ensure the maximum manufacture and assembly of motor-cars in the Dominioft. “We have been working along these lines,” he said, “but so far nothing has been completed.”
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Southland Times, Issue 23794, 17 April 1939, Page 6
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152REDUCTION OF MOTOR IMPORTS Southland Times, Issue 23794, 17 April 1939, Page 6
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