N.Z. PURCHASES IN BRITAIN
T .. , ■ LONDON, September 2S. In the last six months the purchasing branch at New Zealand-.fiouse has Zealand 51,000 tOnS ° f g °° ds to New
include 15 steam locomotives, 440 waggons for the railways, and a Quantity of steel plates for the Wellington water supply system. Payments through the High Commissioner in the last year totalled more than £16JM)0.000 and transactions through the public account amounted to nearly £24.500.000. The regular payment of 800 war pensions and 200 civil pensions involves about £170.000 annually
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26847, 27 September 1952, Page 2
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