PROFITS FROM SALE OF SURPLUS WOOL
tSIR JAMES ALLEN SUPPORTS MP. ', NEWMAN'S PROPOSAL. !• Mr. Edward Newman, M.P., speaking nt, a meeting of the farmers' Union at. Alarton, referred to the Imperial commandeer of New Zealand wool, and proposed that the' profits from the sale by the Imperial Government of wool not re- '' quired for war purposes should be de- }' voted to e fund for the benefit of dependants of the sailors of the lioyal i" Navy and mercantile niacins who had been wounded or lost their lives at sea in defence of the Empire. Sir James Allen (Minister of Defence), '' in a letter to Mr. Newman, slated that. ' ' he quite Agreed with Sir. Newman's proposal and hoped that all the farmers 'j' would join together and ask that the pro- | fits beyond the price paid last year should he devoted to the dependants of ■ Failora of the Poynl Navy and mercantile marine, who have done so much to ; keep the waters open. He feared no- ; thing could be done by the Government, ! but the movement would be of much more value if it were spontaneous on the part of the wool growers.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19180726.2.62.3
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 26 July 1918, Page 8
Word Count
192PROFITS FROM SALE OF SURPLUS WOOL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 26 July 1918, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in