WATER SUPPLY AND COMMONSENSE
TI-IE City Council. and the Government are to be congratulated on the decisions arrived at with regard to water supply. Some years ago the City Council could have pursued its own course and obtained its supply from a source that would have been of little advantage to those outside the city boundary, but 'it realised that there were larger issues at stake, and that the best interests of its own ratepayers would be served by embracing a larger area—if this could reasonably be done as it seemed it could—for the greater the amenities of life mrt the means of production in this community and the contiguous country districts, the better it would be for all The Government saw clearly the way
in which its help could be most effectively given, and acted accordingly. It will be for all to work unitedly together for the common good. As we have so often said, in this way, Nelson will be setting a good example of the benefits that come from a combination of city, suburban and country interests.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 13 June 1936, Page 6
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