MOTOR TRANSPORT
CARRIERS’ FEDERATION ANNOUNCEMENT MR. CURTIS CONTRADICTED Press Association WELLINGTON, Friday. J ll regard to a statement reported to bave been made at Auckland at an executive meeting of the North Island Motor Union by Mr. A. J. Curtis, of YV ellmgton, vice-president of the Master Carriers’ Federation, that there would be no conference of motor interests in regard to motor transport and that the •-next step would be the appointment by Cabinet of a commissioner, Mr. F. Ross, secretary of the Master Carriers’ Federation, made the following statement to-day: “I cannot say whether or not the Press repor correctly represents the views Mr. Curtis expressed, but I can say definitely that so far as my federation is aware, the Government has not in any manner whatsoever committed itself to any course of action in respect of transport, beyond what has appeared in official statements made by the Prime Minister.
“The views alleged to have been expressed by Mr. Curtis largely represent the request made by the federation to the Government, but beyond a formal acknowledgment the Government has not replied to the request or, as far as my federation is aware, has expressed any opinion on it.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 590, 16 February 1929, Page 13
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199MOTOR TRANSPORT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 590, 16 February 1929, Page 13
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