QUESTIONS ASKED OE MINISTER
CHRISTCHURCH, April 29. | As far as he knew, the cargo earried by Ihe Rimutaka was in accordancd with the imstruetions of ,t'kevF%:itish .ijiiirtis try Qf y^'Ttr • .Sh ippl'lngjF «iai'd" v ,the Mkiister of "Aidu.4trLes afid "Commerce, Hon. D. G. Sullivaii," at a meeting in Christchurch tonight. • A questioner had asked him why the ship left New Zealand wi-thout a full refrigerated cargo. Mr. Sullivan said shipping decisions were a matte'f for the British Alinistry of War Shipping and not for the Xew Zealand Gdvernment or the shipping conipany.' AcCOfdixig to the shipping conipany 's stateihent, instructions were that part of the space should be filled in Xew Zealan'd and that the ship would fill up in Australia. The questioner: That is evidently not so. A voice: Why was a Rolls-Royce car pitt on bOhrd? (Laughter.) Mr. Sullivan said he itad no personal knowledge of the matter. He did not think the Xew Zealand Government was iiivolved iih any way but had earried out the instiuetioils of the British Ministry of War Shipping in the norma l way.
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Chronicle (Levin), 30 April 1946, Page 5
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