FLOOD DAMAGE.
A SYMPATHETIC MINISTER
iSooc'.al t<» the Herald ; . WELLINGTON, this day. “It is early to talk about flood damage grants,” remarked the Hon J. G. Coates, Minister ol Works, in reply to a question on the subject from your corresponded] t, but he added : “The Govern ment is always sympathetically disposed td consider relief under such exceptional conditions.” He added that it would l bran expensive proposition to replace some of thei North Canterbury bridges, and a careful note would 1 have to bo taken of tho height reached by the floods in that area.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16121, 9 May 1923, Page 7
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