PRIME MINISTER’S TOUR
VITAL DEFENCE POINTS IN TARANAKI (P.A.) Now Plymouth, May 20. The Prime Minister, the Hon. P. Fraser, to-day began a three-day tour of inspection of vital defence points of Taranaki. The object of the visit is lo bring those in charge of war work in Taranaki into touch with those responsible for the direction of the defence of New Zealand. Among those accompany Mr. Fraser are Lieutenant-General Puttick, Brig-adier-Colonel Ciochotto, and Mr. E. A. Flynn, a member of the Defence Engineers’ Service Corps. The party to-day visited Patea. Hawera, and Opunake. To-morrow's programme will include Eltham and Stratford, and the tour will conclude at New Plymouth on Friday. The party will return to Wellington early on Saturday.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 117, 21 May 1942, Page 4
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