“Homes Before Customs Office”
WELLINGTON, This Day (O.C.|).— “We think Hamilton has propped up Auckland long enough, ’’said Mr A. C. Baxter (Government, Raglan), in appealing to the Minister of Customs, Mr Nash, in the House of Representatives for the establishment of a branch of the Customs Department in Hamilton. “We want Hamilton to stand on its own feet/’ Mr Baxter said. A new building was not necessary, as one had recently been erected for the Land and Income Tax Department. He knew it was a matter of staff, but he was not asking for an army—only for reasonable trading facilities for the people of Hamilton. Mrs G. H. Ross (Opposition, Hamilton): Before anybody talks about the customs office I want to see “canvas 1 town” out and the people living in houses. If we get a Customs Department, the employees will be living in hotels and their families in Auckland. Much as I want to see the department, I want people ‘in homes first. Many voices: Hear, hear.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 24 September 1949, Page 4
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