PETITION TO GOVERNORGENERAL
SUSPENSION OF IMPORT CONTROL ASKED THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES [ Per Pres* Association.l AUCKLAND, March 3. The importers’ petition to the Governor-General to suspend the operation of the import control regulations until their validity is tested in the Supreme Court has been forwarded to Wellington, containing several thousand signatures. The petition is signed by merchants, shop and warehouse assistants, solicitors, accountants, farmers, commercial travellers, storemen, country ’ storekeepers, and typists throughout New Zealand. It is bound in rich brown suede leather, with gold lettering. The petition is an impressive looking document. The preamble contains a statement by the present King on his ascension to the throne: “You may be assured that it is my determination to do all that lies within my power to safeguard the liberties of my people and promote their prosperity and contentment.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 53, 4 March 1939, Page 10
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136PETITION TO GOVERNORGENERAL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 53, 4 March 1939, Page 10
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