DRASTIC REFORM
PLAN FOR NEWFOUNDLAND CONTROL BY COMMISSION SERIOUS FINANCIAL CRISIS PARTY POLITICS BLAMED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Nov. 22, 11 a.m.) OTTAWA, Nov. 21. The suspension of the. existing form of government in Newfoundland, and the establishment of an administration commission of six to servo under the Governor, is thp basic recommendation of the Royal Commission which investigated conditions in that Dominion earlier in the year. On the fulfilment of this condition, the Government of the United Kingdom will be asked to assume general responsibility for the finances until such time as Newfoundland becomes self-supporting. The ‘ report described Newfoundland V burden of public debt as “wholly beyond the country’s capacity,” and stated that it was essential that it should be lightened if the country was to be saved from the “imminent peril of financial collupse. ” The report added: “The financial difficulties are largely duo to reckless waste and extravagance, and to tho absence of constructive and efficient administration engendered by a political system which, for a generation, has been abused .and exploited for personal or party ends.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18252, 22 November 1933, Page 7
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180DRASTIC REFORM Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18252, 22 November 1933, Page 7
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