INDUSTRIES LICENSED

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 312, 18 December 1936, Page 6

INDUSTRIES LICENSED

NEW REGULATIONS Gazette Notice Issued Under New Act. Press Association —Copyright. Wellington, Last Night. An announcement that the Government had licensed 10 industries was made this afternoon by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan stated that under the provisions of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936. certain industries had now been gazetted as licensed industries, and such industries could be carried on only pursuant to a license issued by the Bureau of Industry ,as provided in the Act. The notice in the Gazette relates to the following industries:

Manufacture of products consisting of a combination of asbestos and cement. Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes for all types of vehicles. Manufacture of electric ranges, including assembly of the parts thereof. Importation and/or wholesale distribution of motor spirit. Manufacture of pumps or assembly of parts thereof for the distribution of motor spirit. Retail sale and distribution of motor spirit. The business of any chemist or druggist carried on by' 'the keeping of any open shop or place for the compounding or the dispensing of prescriptions. Manufacture of cement, Portland and other structural or building cement. Manufacture of rennet. Manufacture of phosphatic fertilisers. The Minister emphasised that in respect of any industry that is already being carried on at the date of the notice, provided the industry is carried on without a change of premises, no license would be required until December 1, 1938. Such date, however, could be varied by any' subsequent notice in the Gazette. “The effect, of this provision is to exempt in the interim all existing units carrying on any of the industries named in the notice,” said the Minister. “Where the industry concerned is a new one to New Zealand, (for example, the manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes) the effect of this notice is that any unit desiring to carry on that industry will need to procure a license.