FOOD FOR BOS MURPHY

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25308, 7 October 1947, Page 6

FOOD FOR BOS MURPHY

MR GALVIN’S OPINION “ another mountain out OF A MOLEHILL ” (P.A.) WELLINGTON, October 6The report of arrangements made by the professional *bopcer Bos Murphy to take supplies of food x to England was described by his manager and employer in New Zealand (Mr P. J. Galvin) as “another mountain out of a molehiU.” Mr Galvin said that before Murphy left Auckland for England last month he cabled Phil Tresidder, a journalist who was attending Murphy’s affairs in London, asking lor refrigeration space on the off chance that he could take some perishable foods with himMurphy aimed at taking a maximum of 160 pounds of meat and 40 pounos of fat in addition to some tinned fooas. including jam, and some cheese. Mr Galvin denied a report tn* l Murphy had cabled to the British boxing promoter, Jack Solomow, asigj him to arrange cold storage for hundredweight of meat. Mr Galvin said he knew Murphy received assistance with coupons 'rom friends, but to what extent he was not certain, nor was he able to say now much, if any, meat and fat Murphy nw only a few tins of jam someone is ing to look silly,” Mr Galvin addea. No Record of Shipment News that Murphy and J. McKenna had taken two hundredweight of with them when they left New Zealand for Britain had come as a eonr plete surprise to them, said New land Shipping Company officials y®*.' terday when asked now the meat baa been shipped. “It is a mystory; have no record of the meat’s oeins shipped,” said the assistant passenger ; manager (Mr R. Charlton). “Theref no sign of it on the ship’s bills of ing and no one in the freight depar l ' ment knew that the meat was goim> in the ship. “Although the limit of 25 pounds with a limit of five pounds (erjsr type of food is imposed by the BribJ* 1 Customs and not by the shipping panies any person asking to take a large quantity of meat to Engiajj would meet with an immediate r®' fusal. We accommodate passengers w taking small quantities of ham in freezing spaces during the voj age, but two hundredweight is much altogether.” Comment by Mr Nordmeyer “It would appear that Murphy have considerable difficulty mg for the entry of his food into wl United Kingdom,’ said the Supply (Mr A. H. Nordmeyer)Minister said there were no checking on the accuracy of «« rj; port about the amount of food te*.. by Murphy. It was possible for “J person who did not require his i», c ‘ coupons to give them to someoneJg? ana for that third party to buy H | Uonal quantities of meat. “The Customs Department, as a ter of practice, allows any one Passenger to take up to 25 pounds weight of food from New rJ no one food should exceed five in weight,” said Mr Nordmeyeris ttie further restriction in that British food authorities will not I* mit any passenger to bring into “J United Kingdom more than 25 of foodstuffs.”