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(3) lhe preservation to the individual of the right to own and operate his own means of transport for his private use, subject only to such control and regulation as may be necessary in the interests of public safety. 50. In order to carry out the work necessary for this plan the Committee has set up a special Transport Co-ordination Council, which is charged with the preliminary inquiry work and the making of recommendations to the Committee of the steps to be taken and the machinery to be set up to give effect to this policy. 51. Competition between Railways and Coastal Shipping.-In response to representations from the New Zealand Shipowners Federation, the Hon. the Minister of Transport appointed a Committee of Inquiry during the year with the following order of reference "To make inquiries generally regarding competition between the railways and coastal shipping and the desirability in the national interest of controlling such competition and the methods to be adopted for such control." , The Committee comprised the Assistant Commissioner of Transport, the Commercial Manager of the Railways Department, and the President of the New Zealand Shipowners' Federation. The report oi the Committee is at present under consideration. 52. New Regulations : Changes in Transport Law in New Zealand.—The following are the principal enactments passed during the period Ist April, 1944, to 31st March, 1945 : Warrant of Fitness Emergency Order 1944, No. 2 (Serial No. 1944/168) This Order eliminates the previous provision by which the warrant of fitness for a private car used for over 2,000 miles of road within six months from the date of issue of the warrant remains in force for onlv six months. Therefore, all private car (as distinct from business car) warrants of fitness now remain m force for twelve months. Motor-vehicles Registration Emergency Regulations 1942, Amendment No. 2 (Serial No 1944/ SO) Ihese regulations provide for a special license sticker "8.C." for business cars. " IQdJJsT\ r ' V tl deS /W 'T? WCe (T hird -P art V Regulations 1939, Amendment No. 3 (Serial No 944/81). Ihese regulations effect alterations m the annual premiums for motor-vehicles following the annual review of the insurance experience carried out by the Department. Lighting Restrictions Revocation Emergency Regulations 1944 (Serial No. 1944/108) regulations revoke all lighting restrictions and Orders imposed as a result of the war emergency. Motor-vehicles Emergency Regulations 1940, Amendment No. 2 (Serial No. 1944/152) The effect mJpJ+T' r ® gu lo i s 18 *° r foke all drivers' licenses issued by the Department to members of His Majesty s Forces upon the holders being discharged from the Forces. Heavy Motor-vehicle Regulations 1940, Amendment No. 2 (Serial No. 1944/180).—These regulations effect an alteration in the heavy-traffic fees for trucks drawing trailers, regulations Traffic (Road Crossing) Regulations 1944 (Serial No. 1944/181) .-These regulations are a reissue with amendments of the 1 edestnan-crossing and Safety-zone Regulations 1939, and also provide new provisions relating to school patrols, as mentioned in another part of this report. I'uf/llf) 8^ 06 °! largeS . Trihunal Emergency Regulations 1943, Amendment No. 2 (Serial No charges Li S=, JSSS " "***" «—"*• «*"•«• of Transport Licenses Emergency Regulations 1942, Amendment No. 2 (Serial No 1945/17) —Th PW 1945 i,°Sh. r° VJ ' Wlt , h ,, Certam exceptions, that all transport licenses expire on the 28th March 194j, so that a review of them may be accomplished in the course of dealing with their renewal Also Hsrsr™" i " iods ' " d " oed ■■ *—™ uie ' «* ,od <™ •*»* »***« Transport Licenses Emergency Regulations 1942, Amendment No. 3 (Serial No 1945/30)-These regulations contain provision concerning the appointment of the Transport Appeal Authority. isw Sei T i f °? Committees -—lt is fitting that acknowledgment should again be made of the chamber "f by many representatives of road transport Lming railways chambers of commerce, and other organizations on the many local committees whose chief functions have been to save tires, petrol, and vehicle-mileage. Their combined activities have greatly assisted volX g b" S 0f "™ h,g Th °" «™es ™ g TgLT»" Arme 5 d 4 Se S rvice S tlie of o S break t War / ome ei ghty-one officers of the Department have joined the Amied Services Of these, eighteen have now been released and are back in the Public Service Last year reported to you that eight members of the staff had paid the supreme sacrifice lam pleased to be able to report that there have been no further members of the staff killed on active service in carrying W <!ut S/E ** «-P«^on

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