STATEMENT BY MR MASSEY.
(Per Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, April 27. Replying to a question with regard to the Hon. D. H. Guthrie's statement that the fund for advances for soldiers' farms and homes was exhausted, Mr Massey said: "It is merely a temporary Blowing down, until further authority is given by Parliament. The Advances Department has been so active in its ministration to the needs of soldiers that existing authorities are pretty well exhausted. We have provided homes in town and country for. over 14,000 soldiers, and there is no intention to stop, but we cannot continue at the rate of a million pounds monthly. We have purchased stock, farm equipment, and anything else required, and can assure the 'soldiers tbat there is no cause for anxiety The Government is doing its duty by them, and will continue to do it."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9291, 28 April 1920, Page 5
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