Bola costly
PA Wellington Early estimates of damage caused to the East Coast region iby Cyclone Bola greatly- | underestimated total losses, said the Prime Minister, Mr Lange, yesterday.! i ( “That loss 11 think will probably get (to) double what the original estimate was,” he told Parliament. In reply to (a i (question (by Mr Roger Maxwell (Nat., Taranaki) on repairs to Gisborne’s water supply, Mr Lange said the full needs of the area had not -yet been fully assessed. At the week-end the Government! il had authorised a $2.07 million programme to I drill three artesian bores,! the last of which would! come on stream on April 7 and 8. Costs associated with pipeline recovery would probably be about S3M, he said. ! i ; ■ ;
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