LEGISLATIVE TRENDS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 130, 26 February 1937, Page 10

LEGISLATIVE TRENDS

Commercial Man’s Review By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, February 25. In a critical review of the Government's legislation, Mr. A. A. Ross, retiring president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, said in his annual address that the placing of the main highways under unified control was a d&sirable change. He commended the efforts to make the roads safer for the public. Regarding local government, Mr. Ross expressed th e hope that tangible results would be obtained from the efforts for reform. Referring to taxation, he said New Zealand was now one of the most highly taxed countries in the world, and it would have been wiser if the Government had maintained the taxation scales unchanged and allowed recovery to produce more revenue. The abolition of the Railways Board was a great mistake. He predicted a relapse in railways finance.In the dairy industry the changes had been in the direction of taking control out of the bands of the producers. He considered the effects would be detrimental.

Referring to the Reserve Bank, Mr. Ross said continuous vigilance would be needed.