Information Required

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6812, 16 January 1929, Page 6

Information Required

The “Evening Post,” while congratulating Sir Joseph Ward upon the success of his first appeal to the London market since his return to the Treasury, suggests that further information in regard to the financial side of his policy might now be submitted to a friendly public. “The position would be better understood by all concerned," it says, “if the Prime Minister would supplement the statement already issued by an explanation of the attitude of London towards State Advances loans, an estimate of the loan capital required for land settlement and public works apart from the main railway lines, and a calculation of the borrowing required to complete the whole programme. The majority of the people in New Zealand are, we believe, sincerely anxious to help Sir Joseph Waid in the operation of a progressive but cautious policy, and they will be glad to have the information which will assure them of the progress and caution of the Government.” Here is an invitation to take the public into his confidence which Sir Joseph scarcely can ignore. It is his opportunity. ,