SOVIETS WAR STOCKS
SHIPMENTS FROM BRITAIN. NO MORE LICENSES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 17, 9.35 p.m.) LONDON. December 16. In the House of Commons Sir P. Ounliffe-Loster. President of the Board of Trade, stated that licenses were issued last year for the export of war material to the Soviet, including 600 Vickers machine-guns. The bulk ol the material was shipped late in tne spring and in the summer. The present Government did not intend to issue licences for the export of war material to this destination. The “Daily Express” lobby correspondent reports that Labour Minister! state that only limited authority waa given for export to Russia from private sources. No surplus war stocks were sent by the Labour Government to Rtssta; on the contrary, it had made a decision against sending such surplus abroad.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12015, 18 December 1924, Page 5
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