DEMOS UNDER LASH

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11403, 2 January 1931, Page 5

DEMOS UNDER LASH

TOO MtTOn “SPOON-FEEDING”

(U.P A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Jan. 1, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Dqc. 31. “There is a real danger in doing things for the people instead of the people doing things for themselves , writes Mr Snowden in “The Faith, of a| Democrat” one of a book of essays published by Benns.

“Self-reliant, self-respecting independent people are”, he says, rendered unreasonable hy spoonfeeding.”

Mr .Snowden describes the British rarmer as the survivor of mediaevalism and says(

“The first essential for the revival of British agriculture is co-oper-ation.”

The;Hon. Mr..Alexander...a.member, of Cabinet, in an essay on “Parliament and the Consumer’’, describes Britain as “in immediate danger of being subordinated to what would amount to a general tariff.”

“No taxation without representation”, he says, “clearly becomes a watchword for consumers who at present are mulcted. every year in new. impositions of taxation on their daily needs.”

, (chairman of the Cook County Council), My C. : G. Blooro (representing Gisborne Chamber of Commerce); F. R. Ball (chairman of tne P.B. Electric Power Board)), F. $. Bowen, (president o'f the. Poverty Bay branch of the N.Z. Farmers’ Union), ; arid C. H. Williarhs (representing the Sheepowners’ Federation.) The deputation will leave- . Gisborne early on Tuesday morning next and catch the afternoon train at Napier, reaching Wellington that evening. 1 The Mayor mentioned tnat he had wired the 'actingrPremier asking that the deputation be enabled to meet as nfany members of Cabinet as possible, especially requesting that the Ministers of Public Works and Railways be present at the interview, besides, of course, Mr Ransom himself. In order that opportunity should he afforded, the Government of seeing that "brie district was united in its desire to-have, the. railway completed, •it was also decided to hold a public meeting in the City Hall at 8 p.m. on Monday next. It is urgently desired that every possible resident of the town and district should make a point, of being . present at this gathering. The' Mayor wit preside, apd, iriyitations are to be issued tq a nunibeiriof prominent local residents to address the meeting, but no members of tne deputation will speak on this occasion. It is also expected that several important resolutions will come before the meeting for consideration. : ; -'v

CLOSE DOWN ON JANUARY 7

(Special' to the Times.)

WELLINGTON, Dec. 31

It has now been ascertained from an^authoritative source that definite instructions to close down cons trilbtion on ‘the'Gisborne-Wairou section of the East Coast railway, as on Januhry are .to be wij-ed to the Gisb"bqrne office of the Public Works Department tb}-clay)'. •

Uy a curious coincidence, the dale mentioned iri tlibkaboye message ", is exactly oir jwhich ; the ;! actingPirimri Minister, the Hon. E. Hansom, lias agreed to receive the railway delegation from Gisborne in aridieice at ‘Wellington. • .