More Production Is Claimed As Best Way To Aid Britain

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1947, Page 6

More Production Is Claimed As Best Way To Aid Britain

[SPECIAL REPORTER]

REEFTON, This Day.

“I cannot altogether agree with the idea that the ‘fishing’ of a New Zealand £1 note out of one’s pocket will help Britain in any way and the idea of running round giving a tin of this and a tin of that is just silly. Until New Zealand farmlands are made to produce more, we can not do very much for Britain. The best, and in fact the only way, to help her is to produce more and to keep on producing more.”

These remarks were made by Cr A. W. Bell, a well-known Inangahua farmer, during the course of a lively discussion on aid to Britain at yesterday’s meeting of the Inangahua County Council. The council ultimately decided to call a public meeting to further the aid-to-Britain campaign. The subject was introduced by Cr C. Coxall, who said that Inangahua was perhaps the only place on the West Coast not taking part in the campaign. They had had a Famine Emergency Committee but it was now more or less out of action, although it had collected £l7 12s 3d worth of meat coupons in eight weeks recently. “I think the whole of Inangahua should be behind the campaign,” added Cr Coxall. “After all, we are merely repaying the British people for what they did for Cr Coxall moved that the council should call a public meeting to gelall bodies in behind the campaing, as in other districts. “Lot Of Hot Air” “You can call a public meeting and get a lot of hot-air,” said Cr F. W. Archer. “Everyone in the community knows the position of Britain and the way to help is to put one’s hand m one’s pocket. There has been a subscription list in this office for the R.S.A. parcel fund for weeks and the response has not been very good. The commonsense way of doing is already open to the people.” Cr Coxall said he knew that many people in the district were sending. ■ parcels and he was asking only .g* the council should fall into line wi other local bodies on the West Coast Cr. Bell then made the lemaiks quoted above, relative to the need lor greater production. . “We can still help by doing without a little and sending a parcel, said Ct Atcligt* In seconding the motion to call a public meeting Cr W. Blackadder said that, although he could not attend he did not like the idea of depriving the people of Reefton of the opportuni y of discussing the campaign and helping, just because. the council would not pass a resolution. „ “I certainly agree with Cr Bell, added Cr Blackadder. “I think the greatest necessity in this and other countries is for the people to get to work and produce something. Throughout the whole world there has been too much ‘gas’ and I think the ordinary people will get sick of it. Now is the time to get to work and grow something.” Way Already Open Cr Archer said that the Reefton R.S.A. had interested itself in the matter and had adopted the town of Whitehaven, to which parcels were being sent. “They have asked people to contribute and they have their committees to do the work. If you had a public meeting, what more could you do than that?”, continued Cr Archer. “There would be a lot of hot air at the meeting and very little done. I agree that the best way of helping is to produce more, but in the meantime something can be .done towards helping the people of Britain if the people get behind the effort.” The motion to call a public meeting in Reefton was carried. Atom Bomb Shelter

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