PROPOSED TUNNEL ROAD
CHRISTCHURCH TO LYTTELTON. EFFORT TOVyARDS UNANIMITY. I Per Press Association. * CHRISTCHURCH, April 29. support lor the proposed tunel road between Christchurch and Lyttelton was given by 23 of the 28 local bodies, board and associations represented at a conference to-day. The conference was the climax to efforts by the Canterbury Chamber ot Commerce since a suggestion of the Prime Minister that it the chamber obtained a aemonslrauon or unanimity on the proposal the Government was prepared to carry it through. Mr. J. Wood, engineer in chief to 1 the Public Works Department, presided. Mr. Wood stated that the impression that the Government was prepared to pay the whole of the cost of tunnel-road was mistaken, being based on a misunderstanding of the remarks by the Prime Minis.er. Mr. Wood's statement provoked questions about the actual extent of the support which the Government would give the project. These, Mr. Wood said he could not answer However, he quoted the acting-Prime Minister (the Hon. p. Fraser) as having suggested that the Government might find half the cost. However H was matter for Cabinet.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 101, 30 April 1937, Page 8
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184PROPOSED TUNNEL ROAD Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 101, 30 April 1937, Page 8
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