SHIPS FOR FARMERS.
SUPPORTED BY CABINET. DIFFICULTY OF FUNDS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington. May 11. The proposal for the establishment of a farmers’ shipping company, which would have some Government support, was discussed by the standing Producers’ Committee this afternoon. The members of the committee subsequent]) interviewed the adting-Primo Minister (Sir Francis Bell) and other members of the Government and placed certain suggestions before them. Sir Francis Bell promised that the sugges* tions would receive the consideration of Cabinet. i
Ministers are sympathetic in their attitude towards the proposal to create a mercantile shipping board, with power to buy ships and enter into contracts on behalf of the freezing companies and the producers, but they 'Jo not encourage any hope that Government money can be made available for such a purpose in the near future.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1921, Page 5
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