TRIBUTE TO DUTCH PEOPLE

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24869, 8 May 1946, Page 8

TRIBUTE TO DUTCH PEOPLE

MR FRASER ADDRESSES EVACUEES (P.A.) WELLINGTON. May 7 “We have the greatest admiration for you Dutch people, and anythin? we can do for you we are happy to do,” said the Prime Minister (IM/Wk Hon. P. Fraser), addressing Dutei evacuees at Kolonie Miramar, xestaw day. The Prime Minister’s visit wa made on the occasion of the firit anniversary oj the liberation of the Nether lands from German occupation, Mr Fraser said the people of New Zealand, in particular, should alwayi remember with gratitude that tbf Netherlands East Indies Government at a time when Britain had been sorely pressed, had refused the blandishments of the Japanese at Batavia fat a commercial treaty and concession*. The people of New Zealand sympt,' thised with the Dutch folk from tit Indies in their plight, continued Mr Fraser. ”We are glad to open our doors W you, and we would like to keep some of you. While I know that some ww go to Holland and others will retutt to the Indies, I hope it will be possibh for some of the younger folk to stay with us. We can do with them.” said Mr Fraser. The Netherlands Consul-General (Dr. Van Panhuys) expressed thegrati* tude of his compatriots for the wdk come they had received in the minion. • 1

weights, 17s 6d to 20s. There was only a small yarding of fat lambs. Prices were about export schedule rates. There was a full yarding of beef, mod of the cattle forward being medium to light-weight quality. The sale was erratic at times, but mainly showed a decline compared with the previous week of £1 to 30s a head. Prime heavyweight bullocks made £2O to £33; good quality medium-weights, £l6 to £l7 10s; handy-weights, £l4 10s to £l5; lightweights, £l2 to £l3; good quality med-ium-weight neifers, £l3 to £l4; handyweights, £ll 10s to £l2; light-weights. £lO to £11; small. £8 to £9 10s; good quality cows, £l2 10s to £l3 10s; me* dium, £9 10s to £lO 10s; unfinished, *• to £9; inferior, £5 10s to £7. COMPANY NEWS New Zealand Newspapers.—Net ings of New Zealand Newspapers, Lto. for the year ended March 31 are £fiW compared with £43,220 last year, £41,168 in 1944. The directors propose™ pay a final dividend of Bd. for the year (unchanged), leaving £s7jw to be carried forward. Gross profit wj" £186,969. Expenses, including director fees and taxation, totalled £l49.J*i< — i (P.A.) Union Steam Ship Company.—The Steam Ship Company. Ltd., has dcciarea an interim dividend of 22 per cent—(P.A.) Wellington Wool Appraisal.—Gross pro* ceeds of the fifth wool appraisal at Wellington on March 27 were £473,593 111 » compared with £557.170 IQs lOd at the cor- . responding sale ip 1945 Other Siatistt® relating to the appraisal, with those w the corresponding appraisal tn 19« _ parentheses, are: bales offered. (26,746 k net weight. 8.414.7601 b average price a bale. £2O 16s 4dl (£291 7d); average price per lb, 13.057 d (13 —(P.A.)',