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I THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY i | RESTRICTED PROGRAMME. NECESSAI!Y UNDERTAKINGS | TO CONTINUE. ‘By Telegraph—Press Association.‘ CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. I Under the change made in the ad- ’ ministration of public works resulting ’ from the transfer of the portfolio of I Public Works from Mr Semple, who had held it since the Labour accession to power in 1935, to Mr Armstrong, the restricted pregramme put into operation by Mr Semple after the outbreak of war will be continued. This is confined to essentia: works. It includes hydro-elect r i c a 1 dev el opmen t. i rri ga - tion and the continuation of railway construction on lines nearing completion. In an interview today. Mr Semple said the Government intended to restrict public works to a programme of really essential jobs. Employees on these jobs were now down to 9.000 as compared with 25.001) when work was at its peak before the war. Though ; work on the construction of railways j had been slowed down, it would have I to go or. until the lines were compleli ed. This work could not be stopped. ,It would be sheer waste. Hydro-elec- .' trie development was essential because !of the rising demand for light and j power. The Government intended to i keep on raising the demand, because ! it was planning New Zealand's future. I Many jobs had been slowed down ! through war necessity, but it would bo ! fatal to stop them.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 January 1941, Page 6
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