COUNTRY NOT TOLD

Evening Star, Issue 25925, 17 October 1946, Page 12

COUNTRY NOT TOLD

expensive Machinery imported

MANUFACTURE OF THREE-UNIT COMBINATION

(P.A.) PALMERSTON N., Oct. .16. An indication that the Minister of Housing (Hon. R. Semple) had imported into New Zealand machinery for the manufacture of his much-publicised three-unit combination—sink, washing machine, and refrigerator—was given by Mr H. C. Jenkins, editor of the Wanganui ‘ Chronicle,’ in a political speecn on behalf of the National Party to-night. He said this information had been disclosed by Mrs M. Dreaver, M.L.C., at the recent power boards’ conference at Christchurch.

“ Some three years ago Mr Semple told the people he was going to equip State Cental houses with this new three-unit miracle machine,” said Mr Jenkins. “We heard no more about it for some considerable time,, then Mr Nash went Home to England, and .Mr Semple made a further statement about the machine. * The talk died away, and nothing further was heard of it. At the power boards’ conference, therefore, I was very surprised, and doubtless other delegates. were surprised, when Mrs Dreaver 6aid she had seen the machinery for the manufacture of the combination refrigera-tor-washing machine-sink. “ Why,” asked Mr Jenkins, “ has the country not been told that this expensive machinery has been bought?” He could only assume that it had been done to appease one block—the' Government’s own people—at the expense of others.