MR. COATES ON TOUR

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 245, 6 January 1928, Page 13

MR. COATES ON TOUR

fourth edition

WORK RESUMED VISITING ELECTORATE press Association. V; DARGAVILLE, To-day. prime Minister. Rt. Hon. J. G. came out of his retirement at c °* t lde on Wednesday and is now . on a tour of his electorate representative gatherings m#Jn centres and receiving depu--3t . He expects to complete the l *ifon Wednesday next. it a meeting at Ruawai a vote o£ i* and confidence in Mr. Coates :W oassed, also a motion releasing *.** from addressing electors in that of the electorate during the i Selection campaign. on Thursday next the Prime Mintpr attends the Dargaville races, and 13 Friday, accompanied by the Hons. « tt Leod and Hawkins, and Colonel ii’pn Bell, member for the Bay of Viand* *iU officially open the ~w 1S ,«1 through the Waipoua Forest, reognin* to Dargaville on Saturday. On Monday, accompanied by the ftro Ministers mentioned, he will ..ommence a tour of the Bay of Islands electorate. The few weeks oent at the seaside have done the vjjjne Minister a great deal of good, and he is looking very fit and well. \l addresses given he has dealt with questions principally affecting rhe farming community, such as the Intermediate Rural Credits Act, proved subsidy to the pork industry, »nd the petrol tax as it affects farmera. deputations received A deputation headed by Messrs. Morgan and Walpole met him at Te Kopuru and asked for an extension of the hours at the local telephone exchange owing to the summer time in operation. It was further requested that the dental nurse stationed at Dargaville should be permitted to treat children at Te Kopuru, a little further down the river. Mr Coates intends to bring both requests under the notice of their respective departmeats. The Prime Minister went to Awaidno Point. Turiwiri, Arapohue, Tokatoka and Ruawai. To-morrow he will visit Pahi, Whakapirau, Ararua and Matakohe, where he will spend the night and remain all Saturday to receive deputations.