ENEMY TRADERS STILL BLACKLISTED

Chronicle (Levin), 5 June 1946, Page 5

ENEMY TRADERS STILL BLACKLISTED

WELLIXDTON, .Time 4. That the New Zealand Government has no intention of revoking its war- , time list of enen'iv traders till such time as it is" advised by the British 1 authorities to do so, was indicatecl by the Minister of- Industries and Commerce, Hon. D. G. Sullivan, this evening, when liis attention was drawn to a New York cab.le message stafing : United States was preparing to drop the "black list" of certain businesses sympathetic with or controlled by the 1 Axis, which had been maintained sinee .Tuly .1941, i.n. close coljaboratipn^ with Britain. Tfncihf..- fhe :-]Sneniy ;Teac]{hg'.| Emergency 'ReguratiortS 1939.,- . certain ^ persons, firms and companies cara^ihg f on 'bup'iness'.' extensivelv or., tof a *shb- j stantial- exfenf for flie benefit -:or uriti er the control of Alien enemies oufftide New Zealand, were declared " enemv traders. The names of the persons or , firms concerned were published in a j Gaz.etto from time to time and as late | as IHay 2 a rcvised list of them was j gazetted. The countries- where they ; were loeated included the Soutli Ame- ; rican Republics, Sweden, Afghanista.n. Audorra, Arabia, iMexico, Portugal and Spain. i "The New Zealand list of enemv i traders has been snbstanfially based on iadviee received from London. We have ! had no indieation from there that the I British list has been altered, ' ' said Mr. Sullivan. "4Ye will not niOA*e in 'the matter unless and till we receive adviee from London to do so. " , . ' j