STATE WILL HELP.
WATER SUPPLY COST. Sequel to Drought Position in England. AIDING RURAL POPULATION. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 2 p.m.) . RUGBY, February 22. Reference to the long-continued drought which is causing considerable inconvenience in some country districts was made by the Minister of Health, Sir E. Hilton Young, in the House of Commons on a money motion in. connection with the Kural Water Supplies Bill. This measure authorises contributions of about £1,000,000 to local authorities in improving their water supplies. The Minister said that up to the present no exceptional difficulty had been experienced in maintaining the supplies of the towns, and if the drought continued a programme for increasing these was ready to be put into operation. In the rural area, the Government was trying to relate emergency measures to more permanent measures, but the burden was too great fpr the rural population to bear alone. State grants would bridge the gulf left after the local authorities had made their contributions.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 46, 23 February 1934, Page 7
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163STATE WILL HELP. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 46, 23 February 1934, Page 7
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