THE MEAT TRUST
■ Uy Triwrrmli— AMnnirLtlnn Hamilton, October 18. Mr. Campbell .Folmstone was- intorI:. viewed in. regard to a question asked in [ . the House of Representatives by Mr. ii. i ; V. Pearco (Patea), who quoted him as : saying, in the course of an election ! ■ speech delivered-at Ngaruawahia: "The ' Meat Trust has been ■■operating in. New ■ r for some time, and received asKsistauce and accommodation from tho bank that tho Government is-interested in to the extent of ,£2,000,000." Mr. !; Johnstone said he never mentioned the ' figure of two millions in connection with the trust. The figures he mentioned : -were .i2a0,000. Tho only time two rnillions Vere mentioned was when' he replied to a question whether ho favoured ; ' a State Bank. Ho said tlmt at the prei ,'6ent time the Government held two millions in tho Bank of New Zealand, and might as well acquire the balance, and inake a State bank of it.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 21, 20 October 1919, Page 8
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152THE MEAT TRUST Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 21, 20 October 1919, Page 8
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