Departmental Spending
The use by State departments of motor transport services rather than available railway services is criticised by “Commonseuse.” Asking how the State can expect tlie public to use the railways when it does not itself set an example, “Coinmonsense” adds:—“The Treasury chest is empty, the Treasurer is at his wits' ends to gather in the necessary funds to meet urgent and legitimate calls, and yet he is receiving demands to pay charges which should not have been made. Supposing the head of the drapery department of a large departmental store decided to reearpet his showroom, he would obtain a new carpet from the furnishing department of his own firm, thus keeping the money in the firm; a natural and' coinmonsense thing to do. But in the State departments the worried taxpayer has ceased to expect to find this policy being adopted.”
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 185, 3 May 1933, Page 11
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143Departmental Spending Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 185, 3 May 1933, Page 11
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