BUSY TIME FOR THE MINISTER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 144, 6 July 1937, Page 6

BUSY TIME FOR THE MINISTER

. - - ( j - -- 14 Dgputations Heard; Session Lasts After Midnight

INSPECTI0NT0UR TO-DAY

Less than three houfvi after his ariival latb yestbfdky afternoon in Hastings by the rai'l-car Aria-te-Uru from Wairoa^ the Hon. D. G: Sullivan, Ministef of EailwayS hild Of Industry and Commerce, was called upon to meet 14 deputUtioiis,- represBnting all sections of the commuhity; GccUpying the Mayofal Ohambers,- the Minister sat until WOll after midnight discussing a wide fange of subjects with the various depntations,- whose numerical sfrength exeeeded 30; The Minister had With him several departmehtal officers and advisers, including Df. Marsden; head of the Department of ScieiSfcific and Industrial Eesearch, and Mr L. j. Schmidt; seeretary of the Department of Iildustries and Commerce. All the depntations were introduced by Mr E. L. Cullen, Member fof Hawke's Bay. t The more impprtaht matters thcu tioned iii thb jpliblic depUtatiohs werei Irfigatiofi bf the Heretaunga Flaihs as proilbsed by the various lbcal bodlbb, who desired that a £10,0d0 Scheinb should be investigated; the kben competition that Was being faced by New Zealhnd woollfen manufacturers ffbiU Australian mUnufacturerS; thb prdbleihs foresfefen by ietailers its the rbsUlt bf the p'rbpbsCd iiational aWafd tb cbVef shops and offic©3; and the qUCstioh of cUhceilfitibn bf eUrthquake lOfiU iiidebtedness df the Hastings Bordugh Council and ihe Hawke's Bay Eivbi'S and Hdepital Bbards. ApUrt from thCse four bpeh discussions, the Ministef attended tb nine piivate depUtations ifl. camera: This morning the Miflister niade tt call df iwb Upbh loCal enterprises as att ofltcome bf the dCputatiofls last eVfefling. Later he mbt a deptitation ffdifl the Borotigh CoUflcil tb disctiss the proposed neW .railway Station fof Hastings, thiS being bflb of the priflcipal fefisbns for his Visit tb Hastiiigs. This aftefnoon he left on a tbuf of iUfepeCtibh of the 'area beifig investighted by the Soil Sflrvey DiviSion. Thb Minister will httvg a free night fd:flight aiid Will leave at 8.20 a;iii. to-morrow morning for WClliU^tdri; callittg en fbute at Waipukurau, DaniiCvirke aiid the Wairarapa «