Labour’s irrigation policy
Sir, —Surely “Observer” does not really consider that an elected Labour Government would, or should, finance irrigation plants installed in former years. How far back would he expect this policy to go? Two years? Ten years? By the same reasoning, would he expect a tax increase to be retrospective? An elected government can only learn from the past, and provide and plan for the future. In recent dry years there has been an irrigation boom, and many plants have been installed with State Advances development loans on most favourable terms. Many of these irrigation plants have been hastily installed with little planning to ensure their economic success. How many agricultural experts are questioning their economic worth? Mr Moyle, in his reply to “Observer," was more than generous.— Yours, etc., INVOLVED. November 2, 1972.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33065, 4 November 1972, Page 14
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