STATE ASSISTANCE.
For Sufferers by the Flood. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, May 10. The Prime Minister statmi that the Cabinet has decided to. assist settlors who have suffered serious loss during the recent floods and who may require a certain amount of cash in order to carry on their farms. The details have not yet been worked out, but the intention is to follow the procedure adopted in the case of the bush iires some years ago at Raotihi and Ohakune, where monetary advances were made to settlers at a comparatively low rate of interest. In the present case of sufferers through flood damage, the rate of interest will be 5 per cent Applications for assistance will bo received by the Superintendent of the State Advances Department.
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Grey River Argus, 11 May 1923, Page 5
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127STATE ASSISTANCE. Grey River Argus, 11 May 1923, Page 5
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