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RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. SHIPS NOT FAVOURED (Rec. 2 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to amend the Ship Arming Bill to remove all Neutrality Act restrictions on the movement of United States ships into belligerent ports and combat zones. Administration leaders predict that the Bill will pass within a fortnight by at least 55 votes. MR NASH CONFERS IN MELBOURNE MELBOURNE, October 26. The New Zealand Minister of Finance, the Hon. W. Nash, spent the week-end in conferences with Federal Ministers and service chiefs on the various aspects of his mission, but the discussions have not yet reached a stage at which any pronouncement may be made. Mr Nash is leaving by train for Canberra tomorrow night to continue the discussions. Tonight Mr Nash delivered a national
broadcast on New Zealand’s war effort Tomorrow he will be entertained by the Lord Mayor, Mr F. J. Beaurepaire, at luncheon.
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Southland Times, Issue 24576, 27 October 1941, Page 5
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