WHAT OF BUSINESS MEN?
v(To the Editor.) :< : ']
Sir—l would thaf some -.'abler, ■mine ■could-iadequately/i^oice-Mthetconcern which! \iH elt'by- the.: commercml; j,vor]d at •ttie>almost? lbtal'iabsenbW3o£;!anjf biisiuess traiinirig ii^ithevCabine^felsjit^ jpunishment for so imany Labours irtembers. being elected from''the citiei!andilai#er: towns? Jf'ißO, theiGoyerhmeht ingoing .the right way; to fliand: over-to the Labour ?Party the few-ire ra'ainingfaeats.;JvirfticK/.fit*:4oes,not at present' hold. ■',-I^Dunng;- the - term 'of ; the United Government th^busineffi/cp.hiimun-, ity had ..some!' repreßentationJwJbut! the Coalition ! Goverriment: seems;to • care; only for"the primafy/producers;l an^ have no thought whatever If or .the .overwhelming difficulties!: of '• those. V engagedj--, in {commercial, pursuits;. Theiijßboner.^he jelectors recognise '.this-;, the>better.^;Persorially, ! I should be yeryj sorry to feee.'^^a. Labour Goyerriment iio:pffice;:l)Ut"■ nothingfciavstopl it unless Messrs! Forbes i and :■ Goates \> drop this policy'of "farmers only."1- Cabinet; is peculiarly void" of trained business [men within its ranks, and has only one city representative in the person of Mr. Dowhie Stewart; all the other nine members are unbending rural partisans. Can the Government expect tonold'any city seats? The recent elections sent. four additional Labour members from Auckland and Duncdin," and the next time will probably send the balance;—l am., etc., l
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 153, 26 December 1931, Page 8
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184WHAT OF BUSINESS MEN? Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 153, 26 December 1931, Page 8
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