DAMAGE BY FLOOBS
Referring to the damage caused t* roads and bridges by tbo heavy floods that have taken place in various districts during the past few months, the Minister for Public Works, the Hon, W. Fraser, said at Auckland on Thursday last that the demands on his do* partinent for special grants as a result of the damage had been very great. Fortunately he had taken the precaution during the past two years to set aside £50,000 in each year as a special fund to meet flood damage. During the first year for which this fund was available about £35,000 were expended, but for the second twelve months the special grants required would amount to considerably more than £50,000, The Minister added that, as many Local bodies were seeking small grants for •works that properly should come under the heading of ordinary maintenance, it had been found necessary to decline to make grants for flood repairs in cases in which the cost would bo unde* £SO,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9692, 21 June 1917, Page 11
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