RESTRICTION LIKELY TO THIRTY MILES ON PASSENGER BUSES

Wanganui Chronicle, 3 October 1947, Page 4

RESTRICTION LIKELY TO THIRTY MILES ON PASSENGER BUSES

(P.A.) Hastings, Oct. X An indication that the wartime measure of limiting passenger trips by buses and other vehicles to 30-mile journeys might be reintroduced to conserve petrol, was given by Mr. P. J. Skoglund, Transport Licensing Authority, when sitting In Hastings today. He said he had been asked by th* Minister to make a review of passenger services’ licences to see what could be done in conserving petrol. Mr Skoglund said he was considering going back to the old 30-mile restriction imposed during the war. This meant that any journeys of longer distance would require a temporary licence, and each such application would be dealt with on lt« merits. There were certain operations, however, such as the transport of shearers, on which it was not intended to place restrictions, because of the need for mereased production. "But, speaking generally of the services," he said, "1 have in mind a restriction of journeys to a 30-mil* limit. It is up to everyone, individually and collectively, to conserve petrol." An operator: Does that concern the Railway Road Services, too? Mr. Skoglund: I have asked them to turn down long trips, and a Government department should set an example.