THE POLICY OF RETRENCHMENT.
TO THE EDITOB' OF THK PBESS. Sir/—I dcn't knoir-whb selected "Nihil .litile quod non as the, motto for "The Press, ,, but ,- whoever he,, wa«, be was a good and clever "fellovr. If'iie is dead, -peace to his joanes;. if he is alive, mere power to his .elbow. . , I note that you "object to "the extravagant expenditure of our- Government,, and yet are usually in. favour of ".tie. Government granting money liberally""for •everything,-whether-it- is =th« purchase of the Wellington-Manawatu railway or « .relief ship for, the-Discovery/ I don't think "The Press ,, -worse in this respect than other newspapers, for-1 observe that every aewspaper believes that- its "Little Pogis" and "Stoke Pedlington" Is desem'ng of the . Government ftuadfe to drain its swamps, bore for coal, and similiur exploiting. *Hpvr can our Government Ire frugal in general, when ft is expected to be liberal in .every particular? I 3 it '"honestum ,, to require it?— Yours, etc., _ ~ ' _ CJ. HUBST. • Brookknds,- Waunate. 3lay 15th, 1902.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11277, 19 May 1902, Page 6
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163THE POLICY OF RETRENCHMENT. Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11277, 19 May 1902, Page 6
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