BACK TO NAPIER
TRANSPORT BY RAIL
< The question, of transport of refugees I back to Napier was raised at. a'meeting of the Belief Committee to-day, when Mr. A. E.Batt said' that now the 'railway line was open motorists would not be expected to take them "back. Mr. P. •yerschaffelt,/(Public Service Commissioner) 'said that the railways would carry them back. ■,Tho; Mayor (Mr. Gf. A. Troup) asked whether the railways would accept the identification cards. Already refugees were i wanting, to return : from Christchurch. The people were getting tired j |of remaining in the cities. "The Government- intends to, take them back?" |he asked, '"ij" . ■ ' " I "Yes, no Jlotibt about it," replied Mr. Verscharfelt. . ■■■ ■ MiV R. Semplc,'M.P., stressed the necessity'of people returning to Napier and Hastings: . ' Mri Troup said that at a meeting of the Central. Committee to-morrow ho j would bring up the question of organising ..builders' labourers for service .in Ha-wkes Bay. The'first necessity was to rebuild the chimneys. ; Mr. Hugh Ward, of Sydney, attended the meeting, and was welcomed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 34, 10 February 1931, Page 11
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171BACK TO NAPIER Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 34, 10 February 1931, Page 11
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