DRIVERS LICENSES FOR DETAINEES
THOSE who have followed the controversy closely will have considerable admiration for the crisp attitude of the Whakatane County Council in adhering to its former decision—not to issue drivers' licenses to members of the detainees camp now established at Galatea. The blandishments of the Director of National Service in his letter of trenchant appeal were no doubt considerably offset in the council's opinion by the brief note from the Murupara Maori Tribal Committee denying that it had be:en con-; suited before the Maori workers were dismissed. Such elucidation was probably responsible for the council's quiet decision to maintain its original stand.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 3, 31 August 1943, Page 4
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105DRIVERS LICENSES FOR DETAINEES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 3, 31 August 1943, Page 4
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