REQUEST FOR RELIEF
FOLLOWING FLOOD DAMAGE,
[by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, May 30. Relief for about fifteen sett lei's who suffered heavy loss as the result of the flooding of Tutaekuri and Ngauroa rivers, Hawke’s Bay, was sought by Mr Barnard, M.P. and C. Lassen and N. S. Erickson, who waited on a deputation on the Land’s Minister' Hon G. Forbes advised them to supply particulars to the Under-secretary of Lands, the only means of giving assistance being from the General Purposes of the Relief Fund. The matter would then go before the Treasury and Minister of Finance. The fund existed for the purpose of giving assistance in necessitous cases. As far as a compassionate grant was concerned, that was a matter for Parliament as the amount would have to go on the Estimates.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1929, Page 5
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135REQUEST FOR RELIEF Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1929, Page 5
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