Wo want our fair share of railway construction in the South Island, stated Dr Thacker (Christchurch East) in the House of Representatives; for one thing so that we can get our coal, timber, and produce from the West Const to the East, but this centralised city of Wellington, he added, was “ Supor-Contr.nl-isod ” during the war. ('Laughter.) Wellington made money out of it because Colonel Gihhmi—he was glad he had gone Home —(laughter)—would not allow the Minister for Defence and his advisers fn have local camps, so that the relatives of our soldiers, wore crowded into unhealthy lodgings in Wellington, to the glorification of the hank-books of the; people here. (Laughter.) WOLEE’S SCHNAPPS, vastly superorior to all other stimulants.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1920, Page 1
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118Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1920, Page 1
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