N.Z. LEGISLATION

Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1936, Page 5

N.Z. LEGISLATION

LONDON NEWSPAPER COMMENT

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)

LONDON, November 8.

“The Times,” in a leader on the visit of the Hon W. Nash (New Zealand Minister? -for} finance), ...says the New Zealand, -' Parliament before;- its dispersal passed measures -of * social and oooiiomiU • -reconstruction so drastic as to make Mr Roosevelt’s New Deal seem almost tame, and they axe reported to ■ have ' caused some of the delegates to the - Congress of the Empire Chambers , of Commerce to shake their heads in sceptical anxiety. - v $ )' .* 5; “The Times” a<lds: ’’“Resistance to the measures is less strenuous arid widespread than might have been anticipated. Local opinion acquiesces in the. experiments partly because the election showed that the people were resolved to give socialist remedie s for the depression a fair trial, and also largely because of the personal qualities of Mr Savage and Mr Nash, who are not. believers in class war. It has been confidently felt that they will proceed circumspectly. It is characteristic that they brought out the shareholders in the Reserve Bank at the market price, and gave employers three months’ notice., of their,right,to appeal when they established the 40-hour week/’ ,