NEEDS OF OPOTIKI
REQUESTS TO MINISTER [li V 'I'Kr.KG HA I'll —OWN C OItItKSPONDKNt] OPOTIKI, Thursday Two requests made to the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. I?. Semple, by the Opotiki Borough Council during his visit to Opotiki were for assistance in checking erosion by the Otara Kiver and for a bridge giving access to the beach from the town. The Minister agreed that the erosion was serious. He agreed to finance half the cost of an engineer to make a survey. With regard to the request for assistance toward the provision of a bridge to the beach the Minister suggested that a footbridge would be sufficient. He would lie prepared to do his best to help after the council had prepared a plan and obtained an estimate of the cost.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22740, 28 May 1937, Page 13
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132NEEDS OF OPOTIKI New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22740, 28 May 1937, Page 13
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