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Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1924, Page 1

A Public, Works Act Amendment Bill introduced in the House of P.eprcsenlativcs deals principally with heavy traffic, by-laws, and is the natural corollary to the Motor Vehicles Kill. There was a provision in it to give local bodies power to license vehicles of a capacity over two tons, and not exceeding ten tons, 'i ho license would carry them over a wide area to he arranged by the contiguous local bodies. In cases where there were boroughs, town boards, and county councils side by side it provided for one set of by-laws over the extended areas that might he mutually arranged. These bodies could issue licenses and charge To for vehicles of two tons, and for vehicles over two tons but licit exceeding ten tons, up to £is. This would exclude the importation of lorries of a greater capacity than ten tons. There was provision for the classification, hy Order-in-Council, of c ertain roads in New Zealand so that only a certain weight could lie carried over them. This would give local bodies the opportunity in the meantime of getting regulations or Orders-in-Council drafted. Later on Parliament could deal comprehensively with the matter and place on the Statute Book the weights that motor vehicles could carry. The Bill has been asked for by every local body in the Dominion. There were other clauses mainly clearing up certain matters in connexion with administration.