THE PRIME MINISTER
TOUR OF TARANAKI [BY TELEGRAPH —PBESS ASSOCIATION] HATVERA, Thursday The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, commenced a tour of Taranaki to-day and visited the Tangahoe deviation of the Auckland-Wellington highway near Hawera. The roadwork is estimated to cost "£IO,OOO. The j County Council sought a higher highways subsidy than the £2 for £1 suggested. Mr. Forbes visited the Taranaki Cooperative Dairy laboratory at Hawera. where a request was made for a grant. In the evening he was entertained by the Rotary Club, when he was welcomed by the Mayor, Mr Campbell. Local body and dairy representatives were silso present. Mr. Forbes stressed the importance of science in the raising of the quality of produce to meet competition.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19340518.2.114
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21803, 18 May 1934, Page 10
Word Count
122THE PRIME MINISTER New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21803, 18 May 1934, Page 10
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.