[ESTABLISHED 1875.] Manawatu Daily Times The Oldest Manawatu Journal. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY AUGUST, 18, 1913. WHY NOT IMMEDIATELY.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2001, 18 August 1913, Page 4

[ESTABLISHED 1875.] Manawatu Daily Times The Oldest Manawatu Journal. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY AUGUST, 18, 1913. WHY NOT IMMEDIATELY.

In bis Budget the Hon. James Allen includes an appeal to the peop'e of New Zealand to become more self-reli-.nt financially in view of the necessity for the redaction of our national debt, which last year was inoreased by over -five millions. But why does not Mr Allen busy himself planning the nutbod? As Mr Myers on Thursday pointed out, the estimated exoenditure for the current year is 99 per cent of the j estimated income. Our national debs is now ninety millions sterling, | and last year our borrowings in- ! created in extent. There must come I an end to it. Politicians have only ( suggested retrenchment when they are in Opposition. They fear for their popularity if thev do it when in power. The country sadly needs a strong man who will not fear to shape a financial policy now, at once, which will be for the good of the country's future; who will try to make the people realise to what we are drifting and will place an objective ahead to which to steer. It would be foolish to say borrowing must cease now. But what effort is being made to substitute other means of revenue raising than the ' one we have acquired as a habit ? The GovernOifclit, by its board?, commissions and new appointments, has added considerably to the annual expenditute > but what has it done to make that expenditure pay its way? Mr Allen in his Budget does not seem to have considered it it necessary to indicate in what way a saving will ba effected by this increased expenditure. It seems that the only way will be for the practical application of Mr Allen's appeal - to enforce self reliance upon the people. And we add enforee self-denial. Self-alliance and sel -denial must go hand in hand. How is sel'-ie iance to be practised ? Well, it seems to us that for the capital invested in them cur State enterprises are not returning the revenue they should. Each year, in each Budget, we are shown how large a proportion of our national debt is reproductive. In his Budget this year Mr Allen shows that filtyfive millions of the ninety millions is reproductive, We w*nt a Cbancelier who will not only say that fifty-five millions of our national debt is reproductive but who will actuat'y show that it is reproducing interest and sinking fund. Some of it is so kv.sted—sums loaned under the Srate Guaianteed Advances Act foe instance—which for some years at least can give no returns of any dimensions. But in other directions if the Government were strong ecough in character to risk the illopinion of the numerous spendthrift advocates, they wou'd make the State enterprises pay batter dividends than they do. Take for instance our railways. It has been the policy in the past to make the railways pay only a nominal dividend. Successive Ministers for Railways hava cheap- j ened fares and f< eights to the people, and have b:en satisfied if ihe enterprise has merely paid its way. Th s year the lelurn was £4 Os 6d per cent, on capital invested. I? is here that self-denial should come in. It might mean higher fates, but the railways should undoubtedly pay better thin they are doing—when the country needs the monev. A table published last week at Home showed that in the increased cost of living in the last decade New Zealand of all the worlds naiions stood among the lowest on the li?t. This indicates that we are improvident: we are living cheaply and yet piling up debt. It is very good in theory to distribute the debt of developing the eountry over future generations, but 13 this improvidence, besides being questionable finance, altogether good in its effect upon the national character ? , We want people and politicians who have pride of race and who will look to building up a

race and a country of which the empire io time tocomp will be proud, a race which will revere the uame of its progenitors. At present, in our improvidence, we are planting the seeds of future disintegration. We have been the shuttlecocks of politicians, who have whispered hcnsyed words, given us money, in order that they themselves may reap the rewards of office. And yet asaru!ethe politicians are but the reflex of the masses. We are undoubtedly a pleasure-loving, and a pleasure-gratifying people. Every form of sport and amusement in its financial yields shows extraoidinsry i advance each year Could not politicians justly fchape a policy which will demand that of this money be extracted through the enterprises which cater for the convenience of the people by having the screw put on a little ? Would any privue railway company in the world be eati-fied with the tmail dividend which our railways pay. And our railways, in addrion, have the advantage of being an absolute monopoly. The State Fire Insurance has been proving remunerative, and the the post and telegraph department; but State Coal Mine 3, telephones, water and power de* elopment, irregation, afforestation and other interprises couM be so raanupulated as to produce better financial results than now. It wou'd be well indeed if Mr Allen would submit a practical scheme for the materialisation of his vision and provide some as surance for the thinking people that we are pursuing a safe chartered course instead of drifting undsr the influence of the variable winds of »xpediency.

Special Salvation Army gatherings were held yesterday au i on Saturday, tho occasiou being a week end visit from Commissioner Richards All the services were largely attended The Zealandia Hall was packed last evening when a first-class sacred concert was held with the object of raising fort' er funds for the Olees n family. All the items were very greatly enjoye". The result will be a substantial addition to the fun i.

While the Norwegian barque Auglo Norman was berthing at the Bluff on Saturday she colli ed with a pile, and the anchor, which was hanging over fcer bow, was driven through a plate, making a hole about 4ft long by Ift, just above the waterline.

The hc oouer Hero has arrived at Smeeton's Bay, Whangar?i wit the first consignment of 20,000 disused train rails from Auofcland for the Dominion Cement Company. T e rails are to be utilised to form the trestle work of the mile long pi r the company is building from the works at Tikirangi out to deep water in the Mangapai channel Tee barque Anglo Norman, which arrived at Bluff yester av, from Maiden Island, Iroaght a kanaka, who is charge i with the murder of anot <r native on the island. He was handed ovtr to the police, and t'.e question as to w at is to be done with him is being considered. The kanaka < oes not speak Englis \ and t : ere is no one available locally to act aa interpreter. A direct c' allonge to tire Govern ment to pr:> uco its naval def nue policy was made by Mr Haneu in the Hcr.se o:: Fridr.y The member for Weiiingion Suburls, he said, knew better than he did that the Defence Minister came out to New Zealand with certain propossls ani tt-at, tht Cabinet turnol them down, Mr Bell: I o not Mr Hana::: My hon. frienl knows that pp.rlectlv welL Mr Bell: I do not kLOw it. MrHacan: And the Cabinet will not coma lcr ~.~rd witli any rro posfils. They sre on u fence. They will not face tiie quistion Tlpv want a lea'. Hon. Fisher: Ami you want a leader. R aders arc- reminded of t c- prr formance in aid of the Children s Ward at the Pnb'.io Hospital to be given in the Empire Hall on Tuesday next. "The Sleeping Beauty," a fantastic little play foon ei on to ol i fairy tale, is to be stage 1 for the first time and has been very carefully mounted. Tho young per formers are looking forward hopefolly to realising a stbstantial sum in adiition to the funds already collected for tie Children's War .

A petition in bankruptcy »as beeii filed at the Supreme Court, Welling ton (says the Pest), praying that HeruinuU of Wellington, be declared a bankrupt The is C'uarles ffait win, it 's stated, is the holder of a cheque for £450, drawn by Lewis and dishonoured. Petitioner is also the as of T A. Wells, master painter, to whom Lewis is alleged to owe £2OO for painting and paperbanging done It is alleged in tiie petition that Lewis committel an act of bankruptcy on 19h July in t'at e 1 ft isresi at Lower Hutt with the intent to defeat and delay his creditors.

A woman at Auckland was ap- ' proaching Cly e Street, a dark Ear row tnoroughfae, when she heard footsteps t.er, but she paid uo attention to tem All "of a tu Iden," Mi3S Mirviu toll the police, "a man caught hoi' of my /raist. I screamed lon ly, but in a moment he had placed his hand over my mouth, and I foon i myself powerless. He dragge' me into Clyde Street, threw me on grass, caught i old of my throat I struggled as hard as I could, and then i e struck me, and I screamed aga'D, and the man ran away and I fell down again. Everything seem ed dreadful. After lying down for a few secon' s I stood up again, and was able to stagger to the corner of Clyde and Anglesea Streets. Staggering oown tfce road for a few I yards I met some neighbocrs I think I fainted, for I remembered not n ing more until I found myself in Mrs Latimer's house." At Mrs Latimer's hoase (says Herald) the blood was washed from the young woman's face. Miss Marven was taken across the roal*to fcer own home, where s*ie was tended by Dr. Keith Her face presented a pitiable sight, as the result of the blows. One eye was swollen to a great size, and her nose was cut Fortunately, however, her injuries are not of a serious nature. What will we have for lunch ? This much discussed proposition is easily solved by Dustin's Famous Steak and -Kidney Pies.***

During the year ended March 31, 1913, there were imported into the Dominion 435,985 tons of coal, at an average landed cost of £1 Oa 2d per ton.

"My experience or photographs is that they are very misleading from all points of view," observed His Honor Mr Justice Cooper, during the hearing of a case at the Ancklan J Supreme Court, in which photographs were pro v'ce to abow t e position of objects round a level crossing. "Yon don't get anything like a real view of the position from a photograph. I have hart occasion to make that remark many times. I have fca • photographs before me which showed rolling, grassy fields. When yon went over trie M s. yon saw nothing but hillocks and stones Judges have made the same observation at Home."

The decision of members of Waipawa Hospital Board (says the News) to invito the tenders for the supply of milk at the Waipukuran Hospital as from January Ist next was influenco i by figures quoted by the chairman, regarding the cost of supplying Dannevirke and Waipukcrau institutions per the medium of cows These figures, relating to a period of 12 months, showed that the milk at Waipukuran cost £lO9 os lid, while at Dannevirke it cost £sl 14s 3d, for about the same number of cows. The Waipukunn return included the sum of £23 14s 31, cost of rent ol paddock, while here the lanl on which the cows grazed belongs to the institution and was much better than t*"e land used at Waipawa, consequently the supply here was heavier Averaging the nee'a of the two hospitals at 7 gallons per day, at 31 per pint, this would mean an expenditure of £l2O per | annum each, s owing conclusively that it paid Dannevirke Hospital t:» do its own milking, whereas it was questionable whether it would be cheaper to milk at Waipukuran. It was further pointed out as regar s Dannevirke that l** the flush of the season, when from 10 to 12 gallons oc milk per day were obtained from 3 cows, the surplus was made into butter, which was not included iu the above return, and which came as a surprise to members The Brard was cf opinion that it could obtain milk cheaper than 3d per qcart if they bought the whole of the supply : The Bon Marche millinery of thi« season is without doubt one of the most impressive representations of real elite sryles that has ever been seen in Palmerston, tome glorious creations having been forwarded, and each is guaranteed a true model of some of the greatest designers. Another small shipment of Paris models and a charming assortment of ready to wears has just arrive 'an everyone is invite 1 to an earlv inspection. C. M. Ross and Co