LOCAL BODY REFORM
MERGER BILL SHELVED DEFERRED BY WAR (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. An indication that the outbreak oi war had deferred the re-introduction n Parliament of the Local Governnent (Amalgamation Schemes) Bill. vas given bv the Minister of Intern! Affairs, 'the Hon. W. E. Parry. : rt an. address read to a meeting o! he Town Planning Board yesterday. After much strugcle, I iiad prevailed upon my colleagues in the Government that this bill was not the drastic measure which some people 'bought it to be," Mr. Parry said, "and that it really was designed to help us to secure a better system of 'oca! government than we have at present. "The Government had agreed to its introduction. The outbreak of war deferred it, along with many other measures."
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20084, 2 November 1939, Page 16
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131LOCAL BODY REFORM Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20084, 2 November 1939, Page 16
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