INCREASED LOAN ASKED FOR
"GOVERNMENT MUST BE CAUTIOUS." fUmTHD Press Association.* CHRISTCHLTRCH, This Day. Replying to a request from the Heathcote County Council for an increase in the loan from the Government, Mr. Massey said that the committments for roads, railways, advances to settlers, and advances to workers already totalled two millions. The Government would have to be cautious. A representative of the deputation raised the question of the electrification of the Lyttclton tunnel. , Mr Massey admitted that the work would have to be done; but it would be necessary to wait for the completion of the Lake Coleridge. hydro-electric scheme.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 11 March 1913, Page 5
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