“BLEEDING PEOPLE”
WHEAT AND FLOUR DUTIES. CABINET MEMBER’S CHARGE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. , Wellington, July 10. Decided view’s on wheat duties are held by the Hon. J. B. Donald, Post-master-General. Speaking in the House of Representatives this evening Mr. Donald said ho would take the opportunity of voicing his opinion' on the matter before a Select Committee of the House.
“I am not going to tell you all I know now,” he added. “I shall not be afraid to open my mouth when the time comes, however.” lie believed that the wheatgrowers and the flourmillers had been bleeding the people of New Zealand for a considerable number of years, and they had received a great deal more protection than they were entitled to.
Tho Minister said he was not .against a duty being placed on wheat and flour, because he realised that it was for the good of New Zealand that those commodities should be protected. He objected, however, to a heavy duty being imposed. During tho election he had stated he would vote for a reduction in the duty, and he proposed to carry out his promise*.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1929, Page 11
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