"MERE COINCIDENCE"
AVHAT THE AOTTXfi-IVRIAIE . MINISTER SAYS. ' "1 don't Know that the regulations have anything particular l« do with the merger ol the bniou Company," said the Acting-Prune .Minister in reply to a question on the subject Kstei\lay. -It is a measure we have taKen to protect ourselves and to keep for our own tmde the ships registered iu our own coumry The Australians have a very ii™ hold over their shipping, and it seems only a laic tuing that we in New Zealand should have some hold over the shiupiii" reirislered here." - It was suggested to Sir James Allen, that it was being remarked upon as significant that tne-Government should have decided upon these measures so goon after the announcement of the merger of life Union Compa.iy. "Mere coinciie.ice," was the lliiiisiri's reply.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3109, 13 June 1917, Page 6
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134"MERE COINCIDENCE" Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3109, 13 June 1917, Page 6
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