RETRENCHMENT ANQ EXTRAVAGANCE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 525, 4 June 1909, Page 8

RETRENCHMENT ANQ EXTRAVAGANCE.

:ihg .:tnfc,-xwMol(lia^oStly','d()n6 '■■. in -the'lwayV; of .sackihgYa few- unfortunate temporary clerks .BMx6ldi"-m'en:'*no.-.deswe{ifl()te'':lvconsidera-' uion.VV;! would•'.call the^tetitipn : Jof the Gov--ernitient:s>.','the'extraordinarj' /lot'.'of moneyV ;that;cquld,',be saved;in ■ the' Volunteering partment'.y;;.Tliis; 'is a >egular : . farce, and costs .abput:''£B-p^r; : 'manVporVaMnni, : 'and I believe !;-tWi'tdfal ;o'xpOTditure.';is'.; nearly l : half, a•.■'iail T =' ] lion.?:,As'everybody Mows,.;'tlie-chief attraction show, Svhidh';! takes tie."eye"of,.the 'recruit. "arid;'hisJ;laay ;^f^)endS.^<'P';^.,V':i^,^., .;:.'. ■■' | vV~-'"' '■. ;'Another;oppoH^ityfor.^ving'money : is in • the' ;Eduoation. l ;Department, '■_ where .;the ex-' .'penditufe.''isjreally. 1 criminal. ,'Why. ap> they not;satisfied withi.the' facilities for'education .thatVexisted yeaW. ago/and; which' were suffi-; : cient|fpr't^;ofdinary,rank; : ajid-filo J ''and it. , B'as':everyj;bit;as. l good as the. present day [ education.'^¥ll7'not/add on another highor class'to':; the ordinary', public, schools which ; would:;take '.advance - subjects'?: The.i.well-td-do,people; should pay"_for their ; ,6wn' universe : education,! which'.(result's ; in .the', country.:.being 'flooded ' educated young. men < who • wiH:npt''wprk.^.;; i : ; '■;'.;. ■:'/.> :;:V : .';!/ ' :i / ' ■■■A Another' source; of■' tlusjjcountry is 'the Railway Department.V JustTaßcy -the.i freejpass arid'a'.ibig'sala'ry.:tp tout fortadvts; for-'the'railway timetable.;: .This' islthel softest' snapi'in thoi :Go vprnment service.' fAll'to.' make the 'railway time-table >bulky , publication and a :burden ,',to" carry; -rU any TtJlway, advertising is'.wanted, let privatopeoplotakeit up, and let the; Government publish a timetable with information about the. Government .tourist resorts and r advantagos torthe,'colony, whichi would be; eskcraed'by.travellers and 'tourists,' instead of:.the 'present useless, and'clumsy'is- : sue.—l am, etc., ''.> ;■ .: ,: : ;:. <-,; ...'■ • ■_.; Joho 2.■■;■'/'■■■ \- ■'■ ;■'■}'•;.. ■■•■' ■•' ■-;:;;;,'--'..' ■ ■"::