Mr M. Moriarty
PA Wellington 1 ■’'. • • ■ ' Mr M. J. Moriarty, a for- 1 mer secretary’ of the Depart- : ment of Trade and Industry, 1 who took; a prominent role in . negotiating the New Zea- < land, case when Britain was ; preparing to join the Euro- 1 pean Common Market, died 1 suddenly in Wellington yes- : terday. / . ' He suffered a severe heart 1 attack during the talks that s .were led by Sir John Mar- J :shall : but subsequently re- ; rovered, and took 1 part in ’ later-talk’s. " V..-. • Mr Moriarty, who was 66, : had a distinguished career in
the- Public Service. He became Assistant Secretary of Industries and Commerce in 1958 arid Secretary in 1965, retiring in 1973. He was educated at .Christchurch Boys’ High School and Victoria and- Harvard universities. He published several articles on ■ economic matters. , In later years, Mr Moriarty held. , a number of directorships. He was deputy chairman of New Zealand Steel and-a director of Canterbury Timber Products and Macdonald Holdings. - He: .is survived by his wife and four children.
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