Minister Of Works Returns To Dominion
zp A ) AUCKLAND, This Day. A denial that Im had returned to New Zealand because of the Maraetai dispute \v<. made by the Minister of Works, Mr Semple, on his arrival by air from Sydney this mornin‘“l booked my passage before I heard about the dispute,” he said. He had no official communications on the subject and all no knew was what he had read in the Though Mr Semple will be in Auckland till Monday, he will not visit Maraetai. attending to “some small jobs” in Auckland, including a look at housing projects, he will report to the Cabinet on the results of his mission in Australia, where he has. been nvestigating the prospects of obtaining supplies of steel for New Zealand. The Maraetai troubles might then be discussed and it would be decided whether he would go there. As Mr Semple indicated before his departure for Australia that he might have to go to India and England, speculation was aroused as to whether his early return was connected with the dispute at the hydro-electric works.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 March 1948, Page 4
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