THE PRIME MINISTER.
l.\ :.ft;^HE;PINANOIAL: ;-; ■.:'.; •■' (BY. .TELEOIiArH—PRESS' ASSOCIATION,) : / ; ';':■;. . '\-S7)' -■ : ;. -v - - ; ; . Hastings,: January _ 27. ; .:.■ The Prime Minister>this afternoon laid the foundation stone' of, the : new.-'post; office'at. Hastings, in the,presence.of a largb,number : of residents''.'.:; '-' ■'...- '',:'/■'■;/■'-''.i-''; ■'-. .'.v ?.' - '.i ' :: In the'course of .a- speech.'.Sir Joseph Ward, 'said-the erection,of.the.building was tangible, cvidcnco.of'tho policy;of the Government..in 1 ■putting..up .permanent publio buildings of' a kind that 'Was-.'wanted. Ho spolto of; the wondorfully successful results of-the, operations; of the Post and Telegraph' Department, and' went' on •to "jji v<i 'an assurance. that' the .statement: of-tho.'.Dominion's finances.for,the last,,nine montlja,' which would come out ivery shortly, 'would show that.New Zealand;.was the bnly one ;.of. all the, countries,- including America and. the United:Kingdom,'to,show increased revenue.;' He commented upon the progress made by Hastings during.tho last tew years,', and, said that Hs' wonderful"fii'.turowas due'-to the cutting up of the land, a policy.which tho Government; were .determined .to, continue. ■ ' ■.".■''.' -:'"■'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 417, 28 January 1909, Page 5
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146THE PRIME MINISTER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 417, 28 January 1909, Page 5
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