HON. BITCHENER
HIS FIRST OFFICIAL WORK.
(Per Press A ssomation — Copyright.)
MASTER TON, April 11
The first official work carried out by the Hon. J. Bitchener, the new Minister of Public Works, was the visit lie paid to-day to Kahutara, South Wairarapa, to inspect the stop-banks and meet the settlers. Hon. Mr Bitchencr was accompanied by Rt. Hon. Mr Coates, late Public Works Minister, and by two Public Works drainage engineers.
There had been a difference of opinion between rhe settlers outside the Kahutara River Board’s area and the Board, and it was with a view to acquainting themselves with the position that the Ministers and officials paid the visit.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19330412.2.20
Bibliographic details
Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1933, Page 4
Word Count
110HON. BITCHENER Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1933, Page 4
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in