Roads & Railways Account For £2,000,000
Main Highways Construction £1,200,000
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The Public Works Statement and Estimates of the Minister of Works (Mr Ransom) were laid on the table of the House of Representatives this morning, Mr Forbes (actir>grLeader)_ stating that they would be discussed next week. Mr Ransom estimates that £5,001,339 will be required from the ordinary fund, which has supplementary special sources providing for electric supply, main highways, railways improvement, educational buildings, involving nearly £4,000,000 more. Last year’s vote from the ordinary fund was £4,661,898. The Estimates include £20,000 on account of £250,000 for Dunedin’s new Chief Post Office, and £IO,OOO for the Dunedin Obstetric Hospital,
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Evening Star, Issue 20315, 25 October 1929, Page 6
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111Roads & Railways Account For £2,000,000 Evening Star, Issue 20315, 25 October 1929, Page 6
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