When Mr. Holland Nearly Cried
Too many South Island Members of of Parliament seemed to forget where they earne from once they were in Wellington. He lioped that this state of affairs would be remedied soon, and then soine urgently-needed South Island works would be proceeded with, said the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. S. G. Holland) at the annual nieeting of the .Canterbury Progress League. "The sight of painters working on the front of the Christchurch railway station almost brought tears to my eyes the other day, " he said. "Christchurch is the only plaee in New Zealand that would put up with that station. Seeing the painters at work brought me to the conclusion that the building of a new one must have been put back ten years. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 June 1949, Page 2
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