"NO ARGUMENT."
"The Government will not argne the matter, but will take everything required," said Mr. Nash when replying to critics on the Compulsory War Loan Bill yesterday. The right of the Government to do this is not disputed, but the methods by which it operates are open to serious objection. Men conscripted for overseas service may appeal to a Magisterial Board, from whom a judicial decision can j be obtained. But- contributors to' the loan have no such safeguard; they are denied all access to the Courts and must accept whatever is imposed on them by a committee appointed by the Minister, without possibility of appeal to any other authority. This is entirely undemocratic, and is more in line with the methods of the dictator countries than with New Zealand procedure. Iu the case of the mortgage readjustments, committees were appointed to consider all eases, but there was a direct appeal to a tribunal presided over by a judge of the Supreme Court. Something similar is needed to-day.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 237, 5 October 1940, Page 8
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