What is needed and needed imperatively is the exercise of rigid economy. The increasin'’ population of the. country undoubtedly demands additional expenditure in many directions, but the very augmentation of population should obviate the necessity of increasing the per capita charges. The Government’s bounden du tv is to see that all avoidable expenditure is cut out, and that only essential works are undertaken. The piling up of huge indebtedness can onlv bring retribution in its train sooner or later. Strict economy is the only safe guiding principle.—Ashburton “Guardian. 1 *
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 272, 16 August 1927, Page 3
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