OTAGO'S FEARS
(Special to "The Evening Post") I DTJNBDIN, This Day. | ;A meeting of the Chamber of Com- | merce, the Otagp Expansipn League, (the Importers'and Shippers' Associa[tion, and the Fruit Brokers» Associa--' I tion, was held yesterday to disensa the | question of the Maui Pbmare.' ' -.'-' i Mr; E. A. Eosevear, president of tho [Chamber of Commerce, presided, and explained that concern was felt at the announcement of the : Prime Minister that if the Government got a satisfactory price it would dispose' of the Maui Pomare. Disappbintment was v expressed that the vessel had failed from one cause or another to fulfil the hopes-that were: entertained regarding her,: but the meeting was emphatic in insisting that the service between the/islands and the, South Island, shonl.d,. be. .maintained. Owing to the frequency, .of mishaps arid other cause's the service'has/not hada fair chance of developing,- and with a suitable Ves3el'there'was/every reason: to believe the .?ervice v c6ul& be 'maintained with 'satisfactory: results'. ' .: It was'decided .to.:commiinica;t;e withthe Prime-Minister onVthetmatter, ' :
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 21 June 1929, Page 11
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165OTAGO'S FEARS Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 21 June 1929, Page 11
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