DEAL IN SHIPPING.
QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. ALL STATE PAYMENTS MET. (Ofllctal Wireless.i RUGBY, June 3. The Financial Secretary to the Treasury Mr F. W. Pethick-Lawrence, was asked in the House of pommons as to the position of the British Government In relation to the failure of the Royal Mall Steam Packet Company to meet its liability for the purchase of the Commonwealth Shipping Line. The Minister replied that neither the British Government nor the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company had any liability in connection with the purohase of the line from the Australian Government, which was carried out by tho White Star Line. Up to the present date all instalments of the purchase price, together with interest, had been paid. „
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18347, 5 June 1931, Page 7
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120DEAL IN SHIPPING. Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18347, 5 June 1931, Page 7
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