SHIPPING BETWEEN N.Z. AND U.S.
QUESTION IN THE HOUSE (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, July 22. A recent statement on behalf of the Matson Shipping Line that the slow turn-round of ships had made the Pacific trade unattractive was referred to in the House of Representatives to-day in a notice of question given by Messrs A. S. Sutherland (Opposition, Hauraki) and W. Sullivan (Opposition, Bay of Plenty). What steps did the Prime Minister intend to take, they asked, to remove delays and assist to re-establish the service? A note to the question said that before the war a 14-day service was provided, but to-day’s cargo service took from 25 to 40 days. Tourist trade from America was very important as a means of building up dollar funds. The valuable cargo trade to and from New Zealand was also in danger of curtailment.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25243, 23 July 1947, Page 9
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