HEAVY TRAFFIC FEES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 133, 6 May 1940, Page 8

HEAVY TRAFFIC FEES.

AMENDED REGULATIONS. EFFECT ON FARMERS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON.. May 4. The action of the/ Government in amending the .Transport/ Regulations by reducing by half the'‘heavy/ traffic license fees payable by.>.farmers? and market gardeners on trucks up to *1 certain capacity would-meet with gen-, era! approval and appreciation on thepart of these interests and he thought on the part of. the community generally, said/jMr W. W. Mulholland (Dominion /. President of the Farmers’ Union). They would realise it was air' attempt, if not a very complete one, to adjust the heavy traffic charges (of these vehicles more nearly to tiie amount of use they made of the road. He pointed out, however, that in important areas farmers’ trucks, engaged in purely farm business had. by local action approved of by the Minister, l>een'‘ completely exempt from any fees, and in these cases the Minister’s announcement thsu no exemptions . would.- -; be allowed meant that there would/be an, increase in the actual burden they would liaye to bear. “However, with the knowledge that the' Minister is fully aware of the unfairness of the charge and with his sympathetic attitude, he will no doubt see that no increased burden is placed upon the farming community at this critical juncture,” added Mr MulhoK land. . v ,