DEVASTATED AREAS
HON. COATES VISITS WAIRAIT PLAINS. (Per Press Association). BLENHEIM, May 16. The Minister of Public Works, the Hon. J. G. Coates, spent yesterday in a tour of the Wairau Plains inspecting the damage done by the floods. He was much impressed by the havoc caused to the River Board’s protective works, particularly at Whittle’s bend. To-day the Ministerial party accompanied by Mr. Girling, M.P., left on a visit to Clarence bridge. The party expect to return to Blenheim to-night.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18783, 17 May 1923, Page 5
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