COST OF TRANSPORTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1448, 18 September 1915, Page 3

COST OF TRANSPORTS.

HEAVY EXPENDITURE

NEW ZEALAND’S BILL

Some interesting figures regarding the cost of the transports were quoted by the Minister of Defence James Allen) in the House of Representatives on Thursday night. The point was raised by Mr G. Witty, in reply to whom the Minister stated that up to the end of June the amount paid out in connection with the transports was £1,055,888, and the amount then owing was .£128,164, making a total ot £1,184.000, Mr Witty; You could have bought them for that. The Ministerl disagree with you. They could not have been bought for that, or anything like that amount. When the history of these transports comes to be written, it will be found that New Zealand has'made extraordinarily good arrangements with regard to its transports.” Mr Witty : Can you give us the names of the shipping companies and the amounts ? The Minister, in reply, submitted the following figures : Commonwealth and Do- £ minion Dine ... 142,523 Greenshields, Cowie and Co. •... ... 10,763 N.Z. and 3.A, S.S. Co. 77,043 N.Z. Shipping Co. ... 114,596 Shaw, Savill and Albion Co. ... ... 269,948 Union Steam Ship Co. 387,172 Verdala Steam Ship Co. 30,261 Weir and Co. ... ... 22,982