A CONTRAST.
In 1930 the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage (then Mr. M. J. Savage, M.P.), in-die* easing the position of St. Helens.,,, hospitals, was reported in the "Auek- ' land Star"' as having said: "It is not too much to expect the Government to S8& provide whatever facilities are necessary for carrying on tlie>e hospitals. The Government, however, apparently is con-ygs tent to allow matters to drift. We'jUj cannot stop expenditure just here. It has to be either local or national'*?*"' expenditure; all we have to concern-• ourselves with is whose responsibility it is. I tay it is the Government's responsibility, and that whatever expenditure is necessary will have be faced. Money must 'be expended the facilities provided." That was 1930. Since then Mr. Savage has heefff-'S' in office as Prime Minister for fonfiic'.'; years, and during that time nothing whatever has been done by the Government to relieve the congestion at Helens Hospital in Auckland, and dec.pite the recommendations of the ; commission set up by the JahOur Government itself. The congestion is -|i, now worse than ever. So much for the sincerity of the Labour party. The Government is, however, finding £80,000. *«; for a new broadcasting station. ALICE BASTEN". _ '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 265, 9 November 1939, Page 6
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