ADVANCE ON A SHIP.
'fls it the,business-.of the Labour. D«P' partmerittb; advance "money .to; Bhip-i owners?1!I.;asked. Mr. ;W.;A. ; Veitbh (Wa» n^anui) .in the!. House of. Representatives last: night. ;.;The:Labour" Department, he complained, had advanced £3500 on *: ship called ,;the Coronation, which how, he understood,' worth about £1000, and was ijn the Napier/"Harbour ;'. with; her hull strained. She would.have to;be examined to see whether'she would, ever ■g0.t0./sea again.:'.: \-.' iX^%\.- : ! ::')'--;Y--"'J' vThe.Hon.. G. J. Anderson'.:,:"V(m, are helping :now/to-make the loss;greater. "'. 'Mr. YeitcH:,-"I am < exposing : a bad transaction." - ; ; •';-.•■' ;;' - X.:--;V The Minister said the Coronation had been'used;to, bring timber to Wellington and other places to build the houses for which members had so urgently asked:, She was: now: in .the harbour'here. r/A' company on the West; Coast, neari Nelson, ; had entered into.a contradt: to supply ..timber,, and.the ship . was necessaryfor the carriage, of the timber. -..The ship had been.worth v the money in 1919, and even' now. he was advised she was worth;£2ooo to £2500. ;'•-.■ ■;.. i. : . ;.'r ;; •Mr.; Veitch i pressed' the Minister 'to place all the details of the ■ transaction and the, authority for the advance befor the-House, and the Minister replied that he .would.have no objection. ..."'.A.-.'
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 7
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195ADVANCE ON A SHIP. Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 7
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