PRICE OF PETROL
PREVIOUS INCREASE POSITION OF MOTORISTS “Personally, I do not think that the extra 4d a gallon petrol tax was for defence purposes,” 1 said Mr. F. G. Farrell, president of tire council of lire Automobile Association (Auckland), when speaking at a, meeting in Hamilton. Mr. Farrell saicl that when the petrol restrictions were announced, the tax increase was forgotten by most motorists, but the association would still continue to make representations for the repeal of the tax. “The petrol restrictions came as a bombshell to the motoring com munity,” continued Mr. Farrell. “1 can hardly believe that due consideration can have been given to the question before the restrictions were introduced. They created havoc in everything. Business in the motor trade fell away, and it was chaos everywhere.”
Mr. Farrell added that representations for the repeal of the restrictions had been made by the association from time to time, and since then the’ restrictions had gradually been relaxed. In the opinion of the council, motoring was necessary as a recreation to keep up the morale of the people.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20080, 28 October 1939, Page 7
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181PRICE OF PETROL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20080, 28 October 1939, Page 7
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