LOANS BOARD
MR. SEMPLE'S PROMISf
[per press association.)
(’I IRISTOH URCH, Janitary Hi
"When I return io Wellington I will put some ’go quick' on the Loans Hoard," said the Minister ior Public Works (Hon. IL Sample I :>l .ftp rings ton pt,nib to-day. when he was informed that, the Local Government Loans Hoard was holding np :• proposal to r:>b;e C 15.000 by the Eliesmern Land Ihainage Board.
A complaint was made by Mr. 11. J. Ma cart noy, (-imirman of the drainage hoard, that the Loam; Board was hold i.ng up tin- proposal. The Minister had inl'i lined him Hint the Public Works Depart incur was ready to go on with Hie job of improving the Ell river. If Hie board approved of the loan ■?. poll could be taken without delay.
was stnprised when Mr. Macartney told me that the Loans Board was bolding up the loan,” said Mr Semple. “When 1 got. back to Wellington I will find out, the reason for that, because wo are anxious to get on with the job. I am pretty nosey when I start, and 1 will wan. to know why those gentlemen. are holding up work which is urgent and practicable.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 January 1939, Page 5
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