“Hamilton Wrong If Hamilton Right,” Says Nash

Northern Advocate, 10 November 1939, Page 3

“Hamilton Wrong If Hamilton Right ,” Says Nash

[Per Press Association. Copyright ] WELLINGTON, This Day.

A contrast between the report of a speech by Mr Hamilton ''at Palmerston North in which, he declared that there was dissatisfaction among farmers, and a report from a Waikato town which referred to the keen demand for farms in the Waikato, was drawn by Mr Nash in an interview. Mr Nash remarked that land was usually in demand when it was profitable to use it, and, while the Government was quite willing to examine all representations made by farmers, the evidence of the actual statements from the Waikato suggested that farming was still an averjue for the- investment of funds. If the town of Hamilton was right, then Mr Hamilton was not Hamilton's Reply. y Mr Hatnilton, commenting on the statement by Mr Nash, said: “Had New Zealand farmers been left in possession of their own produce, and been able to dispose of it through their own organisation they, and not the New Zealand Government, would have enjoyed the advantage of being able to have good English money, which would have represented a better advantage than any received under the guaranteed price scheme. “The Minister of Finance has suggested that dairy farmers would have been £3.000,000 worse off without the guaranteed price, but no manipulation of figures can give such a result. “Farmers know their produce is being sold for British sterling, and that they are being paid in depreciating New Zealand currency, which is steadily losing its purchasing value.”