STOCKTAKING NEED.
THE MONETARY SYSTEM. MR. HOLLAND'S CRITICISM. (p.A.) TIMARU, Tuesday. The leader of the National party. Mr. S. G. Holland, in an address to-night protected against the action o' the Government in denying the National party's i*e of the radio and criticised the scientific management of the monetary system of the Dominion which the Labour Government had carried out for the past five years.
The Government had manned, or mismanaged, the system so efficiently.] said Mr. Holland, that New Zealand] soldiers were not permitted to enjoy more than 1/6 a day, whereas the Australian soldier wa« allowed £6 a week. Mr. Holland said that if they were prepared to light for freedom and democracy they should not he denied the right to enjoy the money they earned. It was useless talking about a 100 per cent war effort when the country waa living beyond it* income. It was time the country took stock of the position, stopped monkeying with the i monetary system and got down to hard work.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 48, 26 February 1941, Page 11
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