Mr. A. Hamilton. M.P.. stated to a! J "Soutlilaml Tiraos- ropr.rfrr that re- 1 opiitlv the Postal had •■nterp,! into a contract will, the shipping I company for the carria7c of refrigerator f-Argo by tlio San Francisco and Yaiij "-Oliver mail steamor. The >Teat Pivl ! Hoard had intervened and drawn the I frovernnsenfs attention to the fict that I the Department had no power to maVe I the contract, with the r«nlt th<it a new contract was en'erpd into, rhn freight cnarp:cs being rpdnwd ripproximatoly w Per font. Mr. Hamilton estimated that the amount saved .by this contract abne was sufficient to pay the oxi>en;es of| the Board nr a yeir. !
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 161, 10 July 1922, Page 4
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