A POSSIBLE SURPRISE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 147683, 31 August 1911, Page 8

A POSSIBLE SURPRISE.

'■ 11 Sir —Our 'ennobled Prime Minister and Sir * ttohn'Findlay, also ennobled, returned tojsow' find on the 25th inst., and doubtless ' both -will be received - with acclamation by their followers tepwxally 'Sir J. G. • r, -'.?'-'"iinrrn«»tV" seeing bow successful they have W in' their Endeavours ; to teach John Bull " how- to suck eggs. At a guess, I think it likely - Sir J. tr. Ward, Baronet, • :• •will have a ploksant surprise for us, simuar .•■ to th© surprise he gave, „us . last time he went Home. "I allude to !Now Zealand being promoted to the dignity; of the. Dominion > If New Zealand. You see, surprises of this kind - please us, and they cost nothing, v/h Possibly, however, this guess may bo wrong, . «nd that instead Sir J. G. Ward, Baronot , has arranged to borrow another £5,000,000 ?- at an unknown prices so that •he may anounce this fact in the hope that we shad view him as a wizard of finance,; and place him in power? again at tho next • election, so that lie may' spend [ t profusely .in nonreproductive schemes, similar to tnc preceding £5,000,000 10an... .' *• _ . ' , We are a rich community, and also tiaraworking and progressive, and can in- consequence squander a few millions of pounds sterling annually, and not feel the pinch, so long as the prices of our raw products are on a high grade. »•> . ; *J. . , In fact, it is obvious that wo are so rich that there are no poor in therefore the borrowing of, £5,000,000 is of little or no imnortarioe." seeing it is, after all.. but £5 per head «f ..the population. - Again, tho, interest on £0,000,000 is very small, being only, say, £200,000 pc. - annum. On the assumption that out of our ono million of population 200.000 arc bread-winners, it only means 20s cacfr annually additional taxation — mere flea-bite, except to uioso > ; ■ who have "to ".pay'• it. r.IV • - , " Those who read this : willprobably,' say to themselves this sort of thine? is all right and . • true, hut- what are wo to do?. And i reply /.„•.• as follows: —As sensible people, let us at next, election get- rid of ■, the present party • ' in power, because any change is better for us "than the 'present, borrow,, borrow,. and go on borrowing Government." * • • Thikti-six-teau Resident in New "ZBAtAXD. •~' ¥ u ';/iZ