TRANSPORT CONTROL
LIMITED USE OF OVER-RIDING AUTHORITY. ACCORDING TO MR O'BRIEN. Referring to the National Party’s manifesto relating to transport control, the Minister of Transport, Mr O’Brien said that in only two instances ! had he used his authority against which there was no appeal. One case was in Auckland where although 300 taximen were employed, doctors and nurses could not get taxis. Children were being born before the mothers could reach the hospitals. Taxis, however, were available for joy riding, trips to sly-grog shops and worse. The Transport Control Board had let the position go on until he took up the matter and told the tax 1 - men what they had to do. The misuse of taxis was making them a menace to young women. The other case was in the South Island where a suburban service was being operated at a dangerous speed and he had ordered that the run should take longer. '
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 August 1943, Page 2
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154TRANSPORT CONTROL Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 August 1943, Page 2
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