SOUTH ISLAND STORMS
GRANTS tO MEET COST OF DAMAGE (Prom Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Dec.: 5. Numerous items in the Supplementary Estimates are evidence of the effects of storms in the South Island ti:'s year. Direct grants have been made from the vote for the Department of Internal Affairs, which had an amount of £4OOO on the main Estimates. Another £2500 is provided to meet expenditure incurred through the Kaiapoi, Temuka, and Kaitangata floods.
The electric supply account includes an item of £lB5 for ex gratia payments to employees at the Htghbank power station for loss suffered through floods.
In the State Forests account there is £lf ,000 to meet the cost of plant and equipment for the salvage of windblown timber in Canterbury. Post and Telegraph working expenses include items of £32,500 for the maintenance of services. £SOOO for extra motor spirit, and £27,500 for overtime and meal allowances. These additional amounts are required to meet expenses incurred as a result of the snowstorm in Canterbury.
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24742, 6 December 1945, Page 4
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