“IS IT FAIR?”
, “Is it a fair thing to keep on askI ing that new articles shall be carried free when the railways are not pay- ’ ing?” asked Mr. R. A. Wright (Wellingtqn Suburbs) in the House on Friday night, apropos of a suggestion that Nauru phosphate should be carried freee or at a greatly reduced rate. “The average member of tho public,” said Mr. Wright, “seems to think the Government is fair game. For every concession somebody has to ' pay. If all wish to help the Depart--1 nient in this crisis, we shall not do it by demanding that more things shall be carried without charge.” Dr. A. K. Newman (Wellington East) asked why the people of Wellington should not have their flour carried free for a hundred miles as the farmer had his lime carried. “1 hope,” he said, “that when the Minister makes concessions of this kind lie will spread them round.”
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 241, 25 September 1922, Page 3
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