A DIFFICULT QUESTION
POST-WAR REHABILITATION BOROUGH COUNCIL'S DIFFICULTY "This is a very difficult question to answer," s>aid the Mayor Mr B. S. Barry, at the Borough Council meeting- on Monday evening when a letter was read fromi the Rehabilitation Board) seeking particulars of works which could be made available for men returning from: war, which it stated was of the utmost importance and urgency. "To answer a letter at this stage is very difficult," he continued. "We realise that it is an urgent matter and that we must provide work to absorb these men, but we do not know what the conditions will be like after the Avar or what. Avili) be the cost of materials if they are available. We have the sewerage scheme in mind, as an undertaking which we anticipate doing after the war, but what its cost will be is another matter. Cr Shapley thought the council should make some effort to comply with the request and moved that it be referred to the Works Committee to compile a list. The Mayor said it would be easier to get details of cost and the number of men required if the conditions remained the same but it was certain they would, not.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 41, 22 January 1943, Page 5
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205A DIFFICULT QUESTION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 41, 22 January 1943, Page 5
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