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AUSTRALIA AND N.Z..
REPLY TO MR. SEMPLE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day.
"I hear your Mr. Semple has been saying he could not understand why we had State Governments in Australia instead of a centralised authority," said the Hon. M. F. Bruxner, Deputy Premier of New South Wales, on his arrival by the Aorangi. He was referring to a statement reported to have been made by Mr. Semple after his recent visit to Australia. "It would have been better had Mr.Semple taken into consideration the facts before he spoke. What he did not pause to think was that while New Zealand has a population of a million and a half, New South Wales alone has a population of two and a half millions with an area of 300,000 square miles. Its Budget is £60,000,000 annually, compared with New Zealand's £40,000,000, so if Mr. Semple finds his own job a full-time one in New Zealand, what must-it be in each of the Australian States? Moreover, New South Wales is growing and will be a bigger place than New Zealand ever will."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 70, 20 September 1937, Page 10
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