MAKARA HOME GUARD.
Members of the Makara Battalion of the Home Guard will bo addressed tonight by their former commander, Lieut.-Colonel D. G. Ball, director of the A.E.W.S., who returned recently from a tour overseas. The gathering is being held in the R.S.A. Hall, Karori, under the auspices of "B" Company of the battalion. .
At a meeting of coal miners held at Kaitangata yesterday, it was decided that all Saturday work at the mines should cease as from Saturday next.
THE BIGGEST MONOPOLY.
The average man has a natural dread of monopolies, because he realises that when confronted with one he cannot be sure of a fair deal, and whatever happens he has no redress. It is worth thinking about that the biggest monopoly of all is a Socialist Government which has extended its activities unreasonably. For example, a bank customer is sure of better service when several trading banks are in competition, than from a State banking monopoly. It is competition, within the free enterprise system, which has provided the variety of goods and services that make up modern life. State monopolies would tend towards uniformity and monotony, while service to the people would deteriorate because of red * tape and bureaucratic restrictions. Free enterprise belongs to a. fre§
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 8
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