SALARY CUTS
NO. IMMEDIATE RESTORATION I per press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, April 16. “The Government cannot give the country a. lead in the restoration of wages and salary cuts till the public finances are in a better position,” said the Prime Minister,' in the course of an interview. Mr Forbes added that it was not to be expected that extra taxation should be imposed, so that the salary cuts could be restored. Commenting on the Budgetary situation, Mr Forbes said that the benefit of the rise in prices had not yet ' been felt, so far as the Government finances were concerned, as the operations were based on last year’s tax-
Mr Forbes said that/ the Customs tariff will be one of the earliest items for consideration during the next session of Parliament, which opens in e June. Another important matter to receive early consideration is legislation relating to the dairy industry ip New Zealand.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 April 1934, Page 6
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