CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 226, 23 September 1940, Page 6

CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS.

PETKOL RESTRICTIONS. (To the Editor.) How much longer is the going to foist it* unjust petrol mtrietion* on the motoring community «f New Zealand! The position is growin, more serious from day to day for tkf motoring industry and the many .mr? trades depending on it. Hundreik hw« already been dismissed from thri* employment and many more will fo] low. It is noteworthy that New Zeal land was the first British impose restrictions. Australia, is OB £ starting to control petroi consumntS next month (13 months after land), hut the hig difference is the Aml tralian motorists are to have just twin as much petrol per month as the W Zealand motorist. When one reah«Z New Zealand only consumes a fraetiflZ of the petrol .Australia doe.;, the east for the unjust legislation passed bv th» Labour Government of New Zealand k made even worse. Instead of aaskt. ing in the war effort this measure k impeding it. Then again, take t£ millions of pounds of revenue lo«t directly and indirectly. How ig this to be made up? By still heavier taxation! However, this cannot S o on indefinitely, as the taxable income* will he [steadily getting less all the time. To add insult to injury, the oi! fuel «m----trol authorities have had the audacity to ].o*t traffic officers at different poinU on the highways and force law-afcjduuj motorists to stop and explain how and where they obtained their petrol and give all particulars. For the pririlese ot using four gallons of petrol hTa month, the Government is quite eontent to extract from the motorist the ful license fee. no reductions whatever Insurance premiums arc just the sane! Motorists and all those affected should immediately organise protest meetinst throughout New Zealand. DISMISSED.