EARTHQUAKE DEBT
H.B. County's Request MUST WAIT FOR MR NASH The questiou of the Hawke's Bay jCounty Council's request to the GovernJment to have its earthquake debt xe- • moved from the category of a loan to that of a Government grant, is being ! keld over in abeyance until tfie return ; of tfie Ministor of Finance, Hon W INasfi. ■ | ihis information was received by .tfie |council to-day from the Prime.Minister, {Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, and it is now j fairly .clear that, pending Mr. Nash's j return from his visit abroad, the County j Council's efforts, in keeping with those ,of several othffr local bodies in the jprovipce in this direction, will not recoivo immediate attention. • In his communication ,to the council i^fr. Savage states that the administrajtion of the Earthquake Act is under the :jurisdiction .of. the Mxnister of Finance, and though the matter in questiou was .taken up some time ago with him' no' finality was reached. • "In view of the' f act that careful consideration has already been given- to this matter by Mr. Nash, I think it would be preferable'if the matter were left in a,beyance until his return and you will no doubt hear . from him in this connection at a later date," wrote •Mr. Savage.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 42, 5 March 1937, Page 6
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