CARRIAGE OF BEER
MINISTER TO CONNER WITH TRADE j Representatives of the liquor trad' I are to be asked by the Minister o | Transport, Mr Semple, to meet hin | in conference at an early date to dis cuss the question of economies in th< j transportation of beer. The Ministe i said at the week-end that it had beei i suggested that the Government had n« power to interfere with the liquoi trade, but that was not the case. *‘W< have power to zone every commodity where zoning is necessary.” ho said. The beer problem, added the Minis ter, was now under consideration, anc he proposed to ask representatives ti meet him in conference with a view tr evolving a scheme to save carriage If the scheme submitted by th< breweries met the position, it woulc be accepted, but otherwise he woulc have to take it the whole way. N( date had vet been fixed for the conference. which would probably be helc in Wellingt* »
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 July 1942, Page 4
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165CARRIAGE OF BEER Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 July 1942, Page 4
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