The Feilding Star Oroua and Kiwitea Counties’ Gazette THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932. THE FORBES-COATES BUDGET

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3851, 6 October 1932, Page 4

The Feilding Star Oroua and Kiwitea Counties’ Gazette TH URSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932. THE FORBES-COATES BUDGET

.In rii(j jrAO'Use on Tuesday Premier i 1 orbes created something of ;l record in bringing down tlie Financial Suitemcii’ before Parhame-m. had got* • iit > its stride—actually in the second week of tli e session. Mr Forbes cann it avoid iiis characteristic dour* ness. He tries. to be cheerful bub rather than let ns break into the broad smile of delight with ourselves and the sihuati; mi, he drops on the aoid tci make us squirm with Hint t'in b of pessimism lie inflicted upon 'he people as their Jeremiah last year. Thus in Ids latest Budget ho was very sympathetic in. saying: “Our people have had a gruelling time, buj, have faced up to iliHr formidable difficult ies in a, malilner that it is in keeping with iho best traditions of tile race t°‘ "'liicli wo are proud to belong. All things considered, our ecoui >mi,c and social Organisation, lias withstood flic tremendous dislocation and strain remarkably well. Now Zealand is still a going concern.” Then the acid: “We are hoifc ouf *<>l trouble yet tar from it but it seems that, the worst is past and the outlook is brightening.” Why it ha: unnecessary <li—-iauoe-~“iar from if’ ? However. Mr Foi'bes forces the cheerio, finale: “As wo now enter upon wliat .1 believe to be the up grade, renewed confidence will give powerful aid to preserving eii'orc and accelerate our progress along the road that leads prosperity and better times. Courage, initiative and hard work are called lor. The Government can be depended upon to its utmost to smooth tile way.” At anyrate, it is a fair claim that dependence, for the Budge L carries proof poVsit'ive of a Cardiff and courage, >us year. it is a faithful account of a s ewardship that has been anything bub a sinecure or a plcasa.nb responsibility.