SOUTH ISLAND MOTORISTS.
AN INDEPENDENT BODY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. At the first annual meeting of the South Island Motor Union, Mr. F. W. Johnston, who was elected president, said that though they had broken away from the New Zealand Union they need not be at enmity with that body Whatever little unpleasantness that might have occurred when they broke away would, he hoped, soon be healed.A motion affirming tlTe principle that motorists be licensed annually by the Government, and that power be given to suspend such licenses, was carried The secretary was instructed to write to the New Zealand Automobile Association stating that the South Island body was willing to work with them for the benefit of motoring.
It was decided to protest the Minister of Internal Affairs against by-laws passed by a certain county council, and request that any future by-laws in the South Island be referred to the Union before being approved by the Minister.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1920, Page 5
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160SOUTH ISLAND MOTORISTS. Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1920, Page 5
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