NO AMALGAMATION
OPOTIKI AREA CARRIERS CO-OPERATION PROBLEM Fears that the ultimate object of the Government was the nationalisation of the transport industry were expressed at a meeting of the Opotiki Carriers' Association, The operators' representative on the Ray of Plenty Transport Co-ordination Committee, Mr. V. C. Florey. stated that the Government insisted on amalgamation or co-ordination, failing which the industry was threatened with elimination. The meeting unanimously decided not to consent to an amalgamation of the various businesses in the Opotiki district. It was stated that the greatest harmony existed between users and operators, and members felt that amalgamation would be looked upon by the users as a combine, and would tend to increase competition by ancillory users, who were entirely free from the various restrictions placed on licensed carriers. Regarding co-ordination, it was
stated that the industry in the Opotiki district had for some time done its utmost in this direction. It was hampered, however, by the services recently set up by the Railway Department in direct competition with local carriers.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20098, 18 November 1939, Page 8
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172NO AMALGAMATION Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20098, 18 November 1939, Page 8
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