MEMBERS' QUESTIONS
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South Island Shipping Service
(By Telegraph-
WELLINGTON, Last Night. In the House of Representatives today the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R, Semple, replying to an urgent question by Mr. T. D. Burnett, said the Public Works Department had no iinmediate intention of proceeding with the damming of Lake Tekapo for kydro-electrie purposes and he did not think it would be necessary to considei. sueh a work for 10 or 12 years. Mr. W. M. G. Denkam, in an urgent question, asked the Prime Minister if there were a possibility of the Government taking steps to provide an adequate shipping service between the South Island and Australia, and if there was a possibility of continuing the summer service between the South Island and Australia for the whole year. • Mr. Savage, in reply, stated that he would. be glad to have inquiries made to see what was involved in the question and to see if the summer service could be continued throughout the entire year. '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 13, 8 October 1937, Page 3
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