£20,000 Extra Per Year
The statement that Napier was paying £20,000 a year more than it should, while tankers passed down the coast on the way from Auckland to Wellington when there could be little extra cost involved in putting into Napier, was made by Mr. Trevor M. Geddis at a meeting of the Napier Chamber of Commerce during a discussion on the price of petrol in Napier. The chairman. Mr. A. W. H. King, mentioned that, in July last, the question had been stated as due for review but no action had been taken. He continued with the statement that the tankers “can at least discharge on Sundays without paying overtime rates.” It was decided to renew the chamber's representations to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, to have the price of petrol at Napier reduced to bring it into line with other tanker ports
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20384, 22 October 1940, Page 6
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151£20,000 Extra Per Year Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20384, 22 October 1940, Page 6
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