DOMINION ITEMS.
[BY TELECIIAI’II —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NEW ROWER SCHEME. AT BANKS PENINSULA. CHRISTCHURCH, April 20. The Bank's Peninsula power scheme was officially- declared completed bv tlu; Minister r.f Public Works, Mr Coates at Durauehtdle Bay to-da.v. To mark' tlie successful fulfilment of the scheme, a luncheon was field. .Mi Coates, replying to di.e ton-t of “Parliament.'' said that lew ]efple reali-e.l how much .Mr A. Goodwin, first chairman of the I’owei Board, had done in securing the goodwill of tlie saltiers toward,- tile scheme so much so that- the people of the Peninsula had contributed between <213.1 111), and C2O.WD in labour and materia.l “We can go much further in the decentralisation .u local government.” said Mr Coates. .Much more work could le done by local bodies. Ihe present work could not have been carried out bv tli? Government, as it was carried out bv ihe Rower Board.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 April 1923, Page 3
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149DOMINION ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 21 April 1923, Page 3
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