ITINERANT VENDORS.
OBJECTIONABLE BY-LAW, TRADER'S COMPLAINT. A Wellington firm has written to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce drawing attention to a by-law made by the Blenheim Borough Council under a clause of the 1920 Municipal Corporations Act, by which they impose a fee of £5 on "itinerant traders" before they are allowed to solicit orders in the borough. The complaining firm urged the. Chamber to take steps to.ensure that such,by-laws are prohibited. One speaker said the question of travelling auctioneers was also involved, and cited the case of an auctioneer who paid .£4O for a license fee covering the whole of the Dominion, and who, when the position became too hot for him, moved on to another town without paying any further fee.
On the motion of the chairman the matter was referred to the Legislation Committee for a report.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15999, 30 May 1924, Page 8
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140ITINERANT VENDORS. Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15999, 30 May 1924, Page 8
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