FURTHER "CUTS”

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11913, 6 April 1933, Page 5

FURTHER "CUTS”

• MORE ECONOMIES INJ-N.Z-'T~ —- .. .A; i./DEPARTMENTAL. EPENDITURB MUST BE REDUCED (Press Assocfjo-.ionji, . WELLINGTON, April, •5. Economies in. Government, 1 expenditure were referred to by tie Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes and the. Hon. 3L Masters at a-' Caiamber-df Comnieree function last night. Mr Forbes said 'tiat. ; in view of tie reduction’in ..tie,-national income further •- economies'' were (necessary Speaking after. Mr ; Forbes, Mr Masters riiid: he ididL hot think the' making of economies should cease, hut the economies the-' Government had effected must not be forgotten when demands were being made for larger economies; and it should he remembered that... every service dis-, continued f meant, more unemployment-. Referring to-day 'to his reference past night to .the necessity for further economies, Mr Forbes said it (was obvious that owing to the marked fall in the revenue of the country, duo very largely to-the drop which had taken place in the price of butter, it would be necessary during the, coming .financial, year to put into operation further economy. moas- | urcs. “It is ossoptial”, said Mr Forbes, “that the (country should remain [solvent, and the only way to achieve, that is to reduce expenditure in keeping with the reduction of revenue)” Asked if ho could indicate what form tho economics iVould take, Mr Forbes said it was too early vet to gfivo detailsbut there was no doubt that .thero iwould have to be a cutting down of departmental expenditure, which would ■naturally’ involve a reduction .• in departmental .services.