RETORT COURTEOUS
CONFLICTING DUTIES | ■ . I MINISTER'S POSITION I <Parliamentary Reporter.) .' jl . t WFJLLINGTON, this day. j As an j Opposition retort courteous toll the criticism by the Minister; of Raftjl ways, the Hon. D.G. Sullivan, of mem--l| bers of the Railway Board holding :im-'i portant commercial positions which might conflict with their duty to ithell State, Mr. W. J. Poison {Nat., Stoat-J ford) tabled a question to the Prime* Minister, asking if he would apply the same measuring tape to other depart-,"!| ments, particularly mines, "the Min- i' ister of which," he continued, "who isjl deeply interested in the sale of Nfew:|j Zealand coal, has announced that the im-Jl portation of Australian coal will be pro-It hibited, which will presumably increase j the sale of New Zealand coal." . :.M
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18992, 17 April 1936, Page 4
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