THE PETROL TAX

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 14 November 1927, Page 5

THE PETROL TAX

ALLOCATION OF REVENUE SOUTH ISLAND MOTORISTS' . COMPLAINT. “A BOMBSHELL.” , (Per Press Association). Dunedin, Nov. 15. Although the petrol tax has been, passed by the riuuse or liepresuuiu. tives, the motorists of the South Island have not finished with their opposition to the Government’s past policy of spending any portion of the motoring taxes on any of the roads in New Zealand. Mr Ansell, president of the South Island Motor Union, says the Minister’s refusal to allocate the petrol tax raised in the South Island for spending on roads in the South Island is a serious matter. South Island motorists were entitled to assume, when agreeing to imposition of a petrol tax, that they would have a just and equitable share of tho revenue provided and it came Is a bombshell to know that the Minister might, at his discretion, spend any portion of the tax in any part of New Zealand as he desires. - . f MOTOR REGULATIONS. Referring to the proposed motor regulations, Mr Ansell said- he was strongly against the law forbidding dimming when it was evident that dimming was safe and necessary. The traffic signals prescribed were fairly good, but the rule that a warning instrument must be sounded twice when turning to the left was absurd and calculated to cause trouble and confusion. The legalising of pillion riding was very satisfactory.