E.P.S. EXPENDITURE.
QUESTION OF STATE SUBSIDY. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Heavy expenditure is being faced by the E.P.S. organisation in Wellington and other large centres, but beyond the intimation in connection with the cost of air-raid shelters, advice of the Government’s intentions in the way of assistance is still awaited, according to a statement made by the Mayor of Wellington, Air T. C. A. Hislop. He said that in connection with the provision of air-raid shelters, the Government had decided to subsidise to the extent of 75 per cent. This, however, was only par/t of the expenditure, and in principle there was no reason why 75 per cent, of all E.P.S. expenditure should not be paid by the Government from the public purse. This recommendation, said Mr Hislop, was in fact made by the conference of mayors, held, in Wellington, but it was not yet known whether it was going to be adopted.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 88, 24 January 1942, Page 6
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