A NOVEL SUGGESTION
REBUILDING PARLIAAIENT HOUSE. PREMIER PROPOSES UNIVERSAL SUBSCRIPTION. Press Association. TAIHAPE, Dec. 17. 11l the course of a speech this evening, the Premier said it had been suggested that- it would be a splendid thing for the country if the people decided to rebuild Parliament House themselves. For instance, it would be a grand thing if tho people from end to end of the country voluntarily made a contibution to this end. It would have a stimulating effect on the youth of the country and country generally. It would indeed be a grand thing if everyone in the Dominion said they would have a sliaro in providing to the extent of one sovereign each for the reconstruction of the buildings, which were not tho property of any one city, but of evei-y xierson in Now Zealand. The Premier concluded his address amid long-continued applause. He suggested that the newspapers should open subscription lists for the re-erection of Parliament Buildings.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2066, 18 December 1907, Page 3
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161A NOVEL SUGGESTION Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2066, 18 December 1907, Page 3
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