ROADS AND TAXATION
HEADLONG POLICY RESENTED IN WELUNGTON PETROL TAX PROTESTS Press Association. WELLINGTON, To-day. i The Wellington Chamber of Commerce, after giving consideration to the provisions of the Motor Spirits Taxa - tion Bill, has forwarded a resolution t«» the Prime Minister protesting for a number of stated reasons against the haste with which the Bill was introduced and passed into law. The chamber is not satisfied that tn» Dominion is justified in going headlong [into the construction of roads before I co-ordinated policy has been laid down The whole subject should have beer: 'considered with a view to defining th general policy of transport by rail steamer and road, and the chamber urges the setting up of a Royal Commission composed of practical men under the presidency of a Judge for the thorough consideration of and exhaustive inquiry into the transport needs of the Dominion,
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 203, 16 November 1927, Page 13
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146ROADS AND TAXATION Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 203, 16 November 1927, Page 13
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