“TIME TO THINK”

Evening Star, Issue 21722, 17 May 1934, Page 8

“TIME TO THINK”

FINANCE MINISTER RETIRES TO COUNTRY DEPUTATION AND PARTY DISTRACTIONS DODGED [Per United Press Association.] BLENHEIM, May 17. The Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, accompanied by Mrs Coates, Miss Barbara Coates, and a small staff, left Blenheim this morning for Waiho Gorge, where h© will have “ time to think.’’ Responding to a welcome in Blenheim, the Minister said ho had left Wellington because he was unable to get time to think. Interviewers and different versions on this and that kept coming along and made it impossible to get a few hours to oneself to think out the important legislation for the coming session. “ We are going as far as Waiho for the purpose of having two or three days as quiet as possible., so that one can get clearly down on to paper one’s thoughts;” The Minister also stated that the future could be regarded with greater confidence than, say, two years ago. There was a feeling of confidence abroad. “In spite of the fact that some sections of the community say that what the Minister of Finance is doing is all wrong, one has to remember that when a Government has to pass through a difficult period you can’t leave it for half a dozen to handle. It must be for one man to take his courage in his hands, fix his mind on an objective that he has decided will supply the solution, and march steadily to that objective. If Blond in were crossing a tight rope it would be no good for everyone to call out advice to lean this way and that way—further forward or further back. If he listened he would assuredly fall off, and so it is with the Minister of Finance.” The party are proceeding south via Westport.