“DORMITORY FOR WELLINGTON”
IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORT
At tlie annual meeting of the Lower Hutt Ratepayers’ Association Mr. E. Hunt, in urging that more consideration be given to transport problems, said: “Lower Hutt is little more than a dormitory for Wellington, on account of the large number of people who work in Wellington and live in the Valley, therefore the transport system is of vital concern to ratepayers.” The chairman assured the member that the question of transport was receiving earnest consideration from the Transport Department and the City Council.
coercion, of medical men. In Taita there was no doctor, and in the Naenae area only one; that was wrong. if sections were released doctors would go in and build their own homes. To encourage people to stay in production the party advocated that the pension should be increased to those who stayed at work after reaching (ill years of age. Mr. Holland had never opposed social security legislation hut had objected to the Labour Party’s method of financing the scheme. That fact could be verified by reference to Hansard. “I believe in the freedom of the individual —that is why I am standing for the National Party,” concluded the candidate.
The meeting closed witli a vote of thanks, carried by acclamation, to Mr. Vogel for his interesting address.
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Hutt News, Volume 20, Issue 22, 30 October 1946, Page 7
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