COLONIAL VOTE
PROVISION FOR OIL EXPLORA TION. REPLY TO CRITICISM. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received March 12, 5.6 p.m.) LONDON, March 11.. Lieutenant-Colonel Am<sry, explaining the supplementary Colonial Office vote of £45,000, explained that the £30,000 was for the payment of stamp duty on tlie Nauru agreement. lhe balancer was the British Govamment’s share due to the Anglo-Persian Company, which is exploring for oil in Ormesby Gore moved a reduction. He complained that Hie Government’s activities seemed t)o be confined to dyes, nianurffi, and .oils Replying to Lord Robert Cecil, Cplonel Amery said that the company only received out-of-pocket expenses. The Admiralty induced the British and Australian Governments to prospect in amendment was withdrawn and the vote passed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10848, 14 March 1921, Page 5
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