MR. MASSEY IN LONDON

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 184, 30 April 1919, Page 7

MR. MASSEY IN LONDON

A BUSY WEEK

ARRANGEMENTS FOR TONNAGE

lly Telegraph-Press Aesooiation-Copyrielit

(Rec. April 30, 0.5 a.m.)

. * , . London,, 'April 19. Official: Mr. Massey, while in Londort this week, interviewed ihe Shipping Controller in regard to insulated tonnage for the New Zealand export, trade. Follow* ing upon the interview. Sir Jo'sepli Maelay now states that it isr anticipated that ther,e will be availablo.-for. loading in New Zealand during . 'April, "May, and'.Tune, thirty vessels, representing a total space of about nine million cubic feet. The proportions .of allocations are as follow':— 1 : ' ( April, seven steamers, 1,800,000 cubio feet; May, eleven -. vessels, 3,000,000 feat ( June, twelve, and possibly thirteen, vessels, with 4,000,000 feet of space. It must;bo understood, however, that the above' allocation "-is, provisional, us the move'', ments of the vessels, are uncertain owing to strikes, quarantine, and other delays.Mr. Massey also interviewed tlio First: Lord of the Admiralty, the Colonial Secretary, and the President of the Board of Trade' on naval questions, "tlie Pacific! Islands, and commercial matters. Both . Ministers attended'the footballmatch. the Mother Country and: New Zealand, at Twickenham. All the New, Zealand colony in London were present,/ with, also, oiio thonsand New Zealand) soldiers. Mr. Massey, 'during the inter-: val, presented tlio Now Zealand team to Princo Albert and Princo Henry. Tho ; Pi'iime Minister got a rousing reception.; from tlio great crowd of.soldiers and; civilians, and later had tlie pleasure of congratulating tlio New Zealanders on.i their well-earned win. j The New Zealand Ministers, accompajw ied by Lady Ward and Mr. F. Thomson and Miss Saunders (secretaries), arrived in Paris on Thursday.--night.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.