WAIROA DISTRESS
(Press. Assn.-
governmeht measures
-By Telegraph — Copyright).
Wellington, Tuesday. Hon. C. E. Macmillan states that the Government is taking immediate steps to alleviate distress causad by the earthquake at Wairoa. Cabinet has agreed to an expendi-tui-e of £950 for the lepaif Of .the pipeline, etc. It has been decided to proceed immediately with the ereetiori of a pontoon bridge across the river at -a cost estimated at £500. Use is to he made of 40-gallon oil drutns, of which there are quite a numher out towatds Waikareriioana. Provisiofx is to' be ifiade fbf ilnhooking the hridge at fiood time, to avo'id damage by tiftlber cofriing down.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 339, 28 September 1932, Page 5
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108WAIROA DISTRESS Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 339, 28 September 1932, Page 5
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