DAMAGED VEHICLES
REPAIRS IN NEW ZEALAND LATER SCRAPPING POSSIBLE Damaged and partially-wrecked United States war vehicles which have been brought to New Zealand from the Pacific are at present being repaired in Wellington and will later be shipped to America for destruction, according to information given to the Central Hawke's Bay Electric-Power Board by the chairman, Mr. A. W, S. Longley. Mr. Longley said while he was in Wellington recently he called cn a leading firm of motor dealers in connection with certain truck requirements of the board. He had been told the changeover to peace-time production had not yet been made as the factory was still engaged on a war contract -for the repair of damaged American vehicles. “It seems a most absurd position, bringing these vehicles from the Pacific, putting them in first-class order here, and sending them to America to be dumped over cliffs,” he said. Mr. A. F. Harris: That is reverse lendlease. The chairman: Yes. Mr. H. W. Smith: At least New Zealand is getting paid for it. Mr. Longley described the vehicles as being in a shocking condition. Although they had done on an average only 6000 or 7000 miles, it was possible to put -a fist through the panels.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21852, 24 October 1945, Page 2
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