RAILWAY FINANCES.
A SERIOUS POSITION. MINISTER APPREHENSIVE. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 17. The Minister of Health (Hon. A. J. Stallworthy), in a post-sessional 'address, expressed apprehension lest the railway finances might seriously interfere with the Government’s attempt to balance the Budget. He said the position had been developing ever since the railways were started, and it had become so serious that unless it was taken in hand it would smash the finances of the country in the next few years. The Government was striving to balance the Budget, but he was afraid that the railways’ position might make it impossible. If they failed it would not be for want of striving. The Minister added: "It is unenviable to be a Minister of the Crown in difficult days. All the time we have to make unpopular decisions. We are not out for popularity, but to do our job, and we are willing to take the risk of being turned out at the next election.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21212, 18 December 1930, Page 12
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165RAILWAY FINANCES. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21212, 18 December 1930, Page 12
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