FAR NORTH TOUR
PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) • WHANGAREL This Day. The Minister of Public Works (the I Hon. R. Semple) visited Spirits Bay yesterday and was surprised to find that the extremity of the northern peninsula above Waipapakauri supports 2200 people and has an output of 150 tons of butter. He urged the construction of a temporary landing ground at Te Hapua, which would complete a Dominion . chain of military aerodromes and would be available for touring planes and isolated residents in times of emergency. The Minister received a number ofj deputations asking for improved roading, drainage, housing, and gum development facilities. Mr. Semple was impressed with the progress made in the planting of sand dunes in the vicinity of the Ninety Mile Beach.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 45, 23 February 1939, Page 14
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