OBJECTION BY AUTHORITY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 28, 4 February 1943, Page 4

OBJECTION BY AUTHORITY

AMENDMENT TO CERTAIN TRANSPORT LICENCES

“When issuing licences for Public Works undertakings I made it clear that when this work ceased it was useless for operators to come and ask for licences for other work,” said the No. 2 Transport Licensing Authority (Mr. J. P. O. Skoglund) at a sitting in Wanganui yesterday. The Authority refused an application for a town-carrier’s licence made by an operator who had a transport licence for Public Works undertakings.

Mr. Skoglund added that he had dealt with many applications for the suspension of licences for the duration of the war. The number of transport vehicles operating had been considerably reduced, but the work was still being carried on. “This bears out my opinion* of five years ago that, too many trucks were operating,” said Mr. Skoglund. It had been the practice of all licensing authorities that when men went into camp their licences were suspended in the meantime. This ensured that when a man returned to civilian life he would have a business to take up. Opposing the application for a town-carrier's licence yesterday, Mr. E. W. F. Gohns said the objection was raised on the ' grounds that it would be a retrograde step if Public Works licences were amended so that operators could carry out town or rural work.