SIR ALAN COBHAM
HIS AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT. METHODS OF OIL COMPANIES. (Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, December 2. In the House of Commons Mr J. H. Hudson asked whether the Government was aware that Sir Alan Cobham was prevented from using petrol from the Commonwealth refineries through the oil companies notifying that if he did they would refuse their supplies on the homeward journey; also,whether in the interests of civil aviation, action was contemplated against the companies when future British contracts were being considered. Sir Samuel Hoare (Air Minister) : “We have no official information on the matter.” He repudiated the suggestion that it was his duty to discover the extent to which the companies interfered with Sir Alan Cobham’s great Imperial enterprise. Mr Tom Johnson; “Aren’t you aware of Mr Bruce’s statement in his Parliament? Cannot you make inquiries so that the British people will know the names of these capitalist patriots who did this?” Sir Samuel Hoare: There is nothing to add to my previous reply, but I will consider further inquiries.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19969, 10 December 1926, Page 11
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