STATE ASSISTANCE
The Mayor of Hokitika (Mr A. R. Elcock) today received the following telegram from the Minister of Works, Mr Semple:— “It was with great regret that I learned that the Hokitika river is flooding the township. I have instructed the Public Works Department to lend all possible - assistance and I am immediately arranging for my river control engineer (Mr Grant) to fly south and render whatever assistance is possible.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 September 1947, Page 7
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71STATE ASSISTANCE Greymouth Evening Star, 2 September 1947, Page 7
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