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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17437, 8 April 1931, Page 11

-Miss IJlv Beei'o, who recently rotired from the High Commissioners staff in London, returned to the Dominion by the last Vancouver lnailboat, and is visiting her sister, (Mrs. Arlidgo, of ila were. Miss Bocro, during her lengthy term at the New Zealand headquarters in London, rendered good service to visiting Now Zealanders, especially to our soldier hoys in wartime, and for some years past she had. been in charge of displays of Now Zealand produce and advertising matter at unmet-, mis exhibitions throughout the British Isles, proving herself a valuable publicity agent. "Aren’t we as a people somewhat to lilame for the mounting expenditure of .Ministers of the Grown and their secretaries'.'" asked Mr. Norton Francis during his address before Hie Junior Reform League- at. Christchurch. "We put, up so many questions to them, and we always demand their personal attendance. If anything, goes wrong, we must have the Minister down. \Vc want, a Minister to open a fio.wcr show, lo lay a foundation stone, to look into this and to look into that. Now we are finding that the cost of these luxuries is more than we can afford to pay. I suggest that wo should all try to help ourselves, ami see. if we cannot get on without Government help and Ministers here and Ministers there.”