TRANSPORT CONTROL
STRONG PROTEST
BY CANTERBURY INTERESTS.
(Per Prtss Association Copyright.)
CHRISTCHURCH, November 15.
An emphatic and unanimous resolution of protest against the Order-in-Council to provide for the ulation of goods transport services was carried at a crowded meeting representing farming, manufacturing and commercial interest© of Canterbury, held this evening.
The protest' was based on the following grounds:—
(1) That the proposals are so f ar ‘ reaching that they should b e submitted to Parliament in »the form of a bill, instead of becoming . law by Order-in-CoUncil.
(.2) That the provisions would involve the extension of harassing and unnecesisary interference by the Government with the business of transport, and, incidentally, with all business. . .
(3) That the regulations will i n * crease the cost - and' decrease the efficiency of transport. (4) That the regulations are considered to be largely designed to protect the railways against competition from road transport j and there should be no grounds for any suggestion that the Government should cripple private enterprise in *upport of a Government service. If gome of the railways capital is lost, and if the functions of the railway do not cover the requirements of modem transport, this should be no reason for denying the business of the country the benefits of up-to-date competitive transportation. r . ... i
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1932, Page 5
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