THE EXPLOSION BOMB

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3847, 1 October 1932, Page 4

THE EXPLOSION BOMB

In fl.c mid- ot (lie general gloom ol the report, it. was a relief to come across, this item; “Explosives branch; Wo hav© no recommendation to make.” Whaf for? Then there was fhi s startling statement: “Ministers’ Secretaries. Item—Salaries, £4,350. There has been a largo increase in tile, nlumber ol ! officers «n. the secretarial staff" in receu.t, years, and most Ministers now have two or mere secretaries. The number of officers on the secretarial staff ig. 20, and we. believe the number eonild, be reduced by ait least live, and that, with a fow exceplionw, one secretary' should suffice lor each Minister. We. recommend accordingly. Raving, approximately £2000.” Which and howmany of the Ministers, will squirm under that note? But what the man in fhe street will want toi know is; What is the crux of the report—what does it aim. to achieve? Here it is: the proposed economies amount fo -in additional £8415,215, one of the main recommendations is a reduction in tho number of Hospital Boards from 45 to 18 and a. general reorganisation of tho hospital system under a Board of Hospitals, "the abolition of the main highways revenue funds as Its policy is a luxury, dependence on overseas loans should erase, social and other services by the State, must he severely curtailed the pruning knife continue to be applied to all administrative costs, and the departmental system he, applied to all administrative ccfcfs, and the departmental System be severely revised, reorganised and amalgamated. <