The Opunake Times FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1914. INCREASED TAXATION.

Opunake Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2052, 3 April 1914, Page 2

The Opunake Times FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1914. INCREASED TAXATION.

The Liberals and their Pre*s are still racking about the mistakes the Massey Government have made, and aver lhat everything that has gone wrong since they 1 came into office, from the recent strike to the small-pox outbreak, has been caused by the present Government. Last month, at Winton, Sir Joseph Ward addressed the electors and during his speech he made the following remarkable statement ; “ It is per h otly idle for the Masfey Government to attempt to refute the fact that since it has taken office the taxation of the country has risen by 10s 8d per head for every man, woman and child in the Dominion, because in the Year Book, issued under the authority of the present Prime Minis'er, for 1913, on page 781, you wi I find it stated that the taxation when the Ward Government left office in 1911 was £4 16s lid ; in the first year of the Massey Government it rose to £5 8s lOd, and in 1918 it further rose to £5 7d 2d. That is ah increase since I left office of 10s 8d per head.” We suppose it was the effort he used to learn the above figures off by heart fi r his speech which caused him to forget the date he left office, bat if he has f irgotten we would politely point

out tbit on page 56 of fcha tame Year Book which he used in support of his s atemeot where it will be seen that ho reikHy did not leave office till March 1012, and tba'i, further, he was sueO'.eded by the th :rS lived Mackenzie Ministry, who reigned till 10th Jaly, 1912. The figures quoted by Sir J.ieejrh are for the financial years ending March 31st 1911-12-18. Working on these figures we find that the increase from 1911 to 1912 is 6s lid per head of the population for which Bir Joseph and party are responsible ; that only leaves 8s 4d out of the 10s Bd. Then the Mackenzie Ministry were in office for 101 days and consequently their share is about la, leaving Mr Massey to account for only 2s 4d, Since Sir Joseph has tried to use this misrepresentation of facts to support his rights to the peoples’ votes it is perhaps interesting to look a little further into the Year Book aud see how he managed during hia first year of office, seeing that the Reform Government has only raised the taxation by 2s 4d. When Sir Joseph became Prime Minister in 1906, taxation stood at £4 7s 7d per head of the population and in 1907 it was £4 14s 7d, so to use hia own argument he increased the taxation during hia first year of office by 7s. According to the Press Association’s report of his utterances Sir Joseph admitted, when the facts of the case were pointed out to him at Dunedin, “that he had inadvertent ly made a mistake but that it did not affect the question in the slightest degree ! The Opposition Press swallowed this explanation and are repeating the misleading and untruthful statement that the Massey Party had increased taxation by 10a 8d per head. Thereby showing how little they really know about the Year Book from which they so often quote. Sharemilker wanted; Motor glove found, Mr Hammond, dentist, will be absent during Easter week, from next Wednesday till Wednesday 15th (inclusive), Big sale at Newton King’s Rahotu yards on Tuesday, Over 1000 head to be disposed of^

Tenders are invited by the County of Egmont for Carrington road contract—Puniho road to Newall road.

At the local green last Wednesday Messrs Hammond and DesForgea (2d), defeated Oannell and Burton (22) in the pairs fern match.

Tbd Egmont Ootmc.il will add the ton per cent to all rates unpaid on 10th April. An official notice is published in another column,

Easter will soon be here,' and after that the long winter evenings. Nothing nesses the time as pleasantly as music, and you oan have it ready-made by purchasing a gramaphone at Blyth’s, f A slight earthquake or earth tremor is not half as bad as bitins on a stono in a oake or pudding. Now,'Thorpe end Callaghan don’t sail stones—they sell good fruit.* The exact spot where the Opnnake line will junction with the main line is not yet finally decided, according to Mr Pearce's speech at Hawera. This counts for nothing. The junction has bean indicated by the Government and a few inches this way or that way is immaterial to the publio or the Government. It is a detail for the surveyors.

It is said that when the Government decided the proposed Opunake railway route the “ wire pullers ” got to work and sheaves of telegrams were sent to the Government Department asking 11 Oan it be true, and are your sure.” The tioie and expense to the country in answering these '• D’yer mind me now " correspondents would have paid for a few pots of railway grease.” The heads of the departments must have sworn and the offiie boy ejaculated 11 Got yer hair oat ” and replied to the telegrams in courteous language. It is nearly sis months sinoe the night of the big fire, and Opunake has not gone bankrupt over it. Mr Blytb, jeweller, is still selling jewellery at the same reasonable prices as before. | A meeting of the committee of the Eg. mont Nursing Association was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Present —Revs, 0. Stent (ohair), E. Welsh, Mr Maoßeynolds; Mesdames Chambers. Greig, Knell, Nurse MoKivin. Apologies were received from Rev R. B, Tinsley, Father Menard, Mesdames Barton, Feaver, Hickey and Rogers, The meeting discussed matters in connection with the site for the nursing home. It was resolved That Revs. Stent, Welsh and Mr Maoßeynolds be a nub-oom’te to communicate and act with Mr Wilkinson, M.P., in connection with the site for the nurse’s home. Resolved that a donation of £ls be forwarded to the Hospital and C.A. Beard towards furnishing the nurses’ cottage. We like the “ R, and G." brand of hats and caps very much. They are so comfortable, light in weight, perfect in style and very durable. Ask your local clothier lor the “ R. and G.’ brand every lime. Oounake was never “ red hot ” on any particular route but preferred the reserved route on account of the land being snrveyed for that purpose, and anticipating that it would be a line of least resistance to antagonism. It is pleasing to note that New Plymouth has not got its bristles up over the question of route. Eltham has been agitating for 25 years for the line to start from there,. They have not got it! Stratford did not get what they agitated for The Government has put the line where they considered it would serve the bast purpose in lifting the produce of South Taranaki. And rightly so. On Wednesday morning, Ist April, Mr Norris, when doing his rounds on horseback, met with a mishap on Longfellow road. A dog rushed out, it is said, and heeled the horse, which, became frightened and put the rider off. Customers in the vicinity not hearing the familiar ’oher ” musically shouted, investigated the cause and found the rider on the roadside stunned, After a gust of wind passed over him and before, a neighbour arrived with the “ castor oil ” bottle Mr Norris was up and after the galloping horse. Luckily' be fell on his head otherwise the accident might have been more serious. Dogs that rush out after horses should be terminated with a Hull explosion. YOU SHOULD BE DETERMINED,

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Mushrooms are plentiful this season. Tenders wanted for falling 30 acres of bush on Kiri road,

The date of meeting re the formation of a Men’s Club has been altered from Bth to 9; ii April,

500 years ago people thought of quality before quantity, and ~jt is the same to day, T‘‘o best is cheapest in the end. That’s why Thorpe and Callaghan stock hast goods always.*

The British revenue for the year was £198.242.897 and the expenditure £197,492,969.

The Panima Canal Tolls Bill has created intense exeitement in America. The' vote was taken in the Senate smid intense excitement and there was loud cheering when the result of the voting showed the triumph of the President’s policy! The Bill has now passed its most formidable opposition and the Free Trade Party of America has now scored another victory. Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Sneeze, and your friends all groan, For this good old earth has need of your mirth, 4 It has oo’.ds and coughs of its own, Cough, and yon spread the-coughing, Kill it with prooess sure ; Laugh—you shall laugh with plea-ure If you take Woods Groat Peppermint Cure. Another old identity has passed away in the person of James Bropby, sen., who died at his residence, Okato, last night. Deceased was well-known on this coast, having, like all the early pioneers, roughed it in the early days, ont through the supplejacks of arduous difficulties by dint of energy and unswerving persistency that showed the courage and sterling wofth of the msn. He made a home for himself and family—comfortable in the evening of his life. Deceased w»s respected by all who knew him and leaves a grown up family to mourn the loss of a good father. The funeral will taka place to-morrow, leaving the Okato Oatholie Church at 2 p.m. for Okato Cemetery.

For Chronic Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6, 2/6. Larkin will contest the East Fife seat against Mr Aequitb. The Conservative candidate (Colonel Sprot) is doubtful if he will contest the seat.