Any population drift between the North Island and the South Island in the near future is most likely to be in favour of the south, in the opinion of Mr. W. S. Mac Gibbon, who spoke as a city councillor at the civic reception to- the Prime Minister' (the Kt. Hon., M. J. Savage) in Christchurch (reports the "Press"). Mr. Mac Gibbon referred to big public works now under way and about to be undertaken in the South Island, particularly the opening up of Westland. These developments, he said, were likely to promote a population drift from the north to the south. Mr. Savage said later that the South Island certainly would not be allowed to suffer. There was no question of considering the North Island or the South Island individually. The Government was concerned for the whole of New Zealand.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 56, 3 September 1937, Page 10
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