PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER
(VISITS PALMERSTON.
(Per United Press Association.) PALMERSTON N.. Nov. 23. The Minister of Public Works was a visitor to Palmerston North to-day. He received a deputation from the Borough and Kairanga County Councils, which asked for a Power Board to reticulate the / district. The Minister, while favouring Power Boards for the larger areas promised to give his decision next wek. As Postmaster-General, the Hon. Coaxes received a deputation from settlers of the Kairanga County, who asked for a rural mail delivery in the part of the county they resided in. The Minister said Mr Morns was visiting Canada to study the postal system of that country, which was the most progressive in the world, and the Government was awaiting his report, hence the reason why the rural deliveries had been left in abeyance. The Minister promised to send an officer to investigate the deputation’s request.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160814, 23 November 1920, Page 9
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148PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160814, 23 November 1920, Page 9
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