STATE ADVANCES

Grey River Argus, 23 June 1925, Page 6

STATE ADVANCES

A REPLY TO CRITICS. WELLINGTON, June 22. Complaints are made in some quar tors that the State Advances Office has paid more attention to apphea. tions from rural districts than it did to those coming front the city. These were dealt with by the Hon. Mr 801. lard in a speech in the north. ‘‘The number of applications received by the State Advances Office,” said thi Minister, “was tremendous. All can. not be dealt with at once, but the best is done in every case. All poo pie, whether in the city or country receive an equal opportunity to get cheap money. That fine institution th< Stat,’* Advances Oflice, .has achieved a record which it could well boast of.” The State Advances Department was prepared to assist al! persons win were industrious, and the office sought out those who were deserving. Then was a case, one of many, which spoke I-r itself. I’he Department heard ot a couple with ten children living not far from Wellington in a building which was little more than a shed II sent an officer out to investigate ihe officer reported that it was a case deserving of consideration. The De. partment offered to adv.-yicp the couple money to buy a home. The woman out of high principle, declined the of. for, saying her fa I her.i n la w had lent her money to acquire her present abode, she felt that until that mone\ was repaid she <-ou!d not go in for an. other loan. That was a case, addei Mr Bollard, of genuine seif reliance a trait the character of the trui New Zealander.