No Government Preference For Road Passengers
WELLINGTON, March 25. The Full Cpurt of Appeal gkve jud^; ment today ih the casfe e'dncernlhg preference of the Minister of Railways v. the Hawke \s Bay Motor Co:, hedrd bii Septfember 24, 1948; and relatin^; to tlie preference of the New Zealand Railways Road Servicfe over pi'ivate trhns port companies to be granted licences to op'erate h'ew passenger tfansport services. - ' The CouTt held that the preference bf the Minister of Railways extended only to rdutes over the whole of which there was no existing trans^ort ser vices, and did not extend to roiites in which part was already covered by au existing transport service. The Court- further held that the Minister had no absolute righl to be granted licences over nfew rbiites, atid mch licences could be refused if the FrtlhS]jbrt Appehl Authority considfered ; :hat passenger transport services on . ;hkt i-oute Wferfe not flfefeg^kry. j
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 March 1949, Page 5
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152No Government Preference For Road Passengers Chronicle (Levin), 26 March 1949, Page 5
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