SCRAP METAL EMBARGO
EXPORT OF TIN CLIPPINGS HILL BE C ONSIDERED [ Per Press As-'dation J AUCKLAND, June 20. Modification of an embargo on the export of scrap metal from New Zealand has been notified by the Comptroller of Customs to several Auckland merchants who were previously interested in the trade. They have been informed that the Government is now prepared to give favourable consideration to applications for permission to export specified quantities of tin clippings. which have been sold to a Sydney firm. "The notification we received from the Comptroller was the first advice of any lifting of the embargo but the nature of the letter suggests that there must have been some activity,” a former exporter of scrap metals said. “There is no indication that the Government proposes to relax restrictions on other classes of metals and inquiries are being made to ascertain the nature and scope of the new de-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 144, 21 June 1939, Page 8
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152SCRAP METAL EMBARGO Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 144, 21 June 1939, Page 8
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