LOTTERY PLAN REJECTED

Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1932, Page 7

LOTTERY PLAN REJECTED

FINANCES FOR HOSPITALS

BOARD’S CONFERENCE DISCUSSION

form OF TARING WHIGS appeals

REV. J. K. ARCHER ATTACKS PLAN.

By AssociationWciii n s ton ’ A proposal to establish St-a e lotterciation to-day. .. -the P lu V v « PV eral emhQdipd in various forms ni remits and were subjected, to lengtny Hon. W- H. Mclntyre (Buller) said it was becoming more appaie > every day that the introduction of ait unions Vas desired by the, people, n was a form of taxation which appealed to km. It was absolutely essential that.in prder to prevent rouble tjie Government should .obtain thi# ye additional £2,000,000. . Private art unions conducted m rne past, Mr. Mclntyre pointed put, W returned to the State £lOO a day. He w<is sure the whole of the Dominion would favour the inauguration of State letter ies. They had to get. away from Um hypocrisy about the immorality of art unions. . , , , The Rev. J. K. Archer (Christchurch) said' up to the present he had always assumejd members of hospital boaids werp a lot of serious men .and wonrnn concerned w'ith assisting their counti y and not with encouraging ft forpi pr vice from yhich New Zealand was siiifering to-day. It was a disgpape, for delegates evep to discuss the idea. Several other speakers spoke against the rerqit, ‘ . Mr. F. Castle (chairman of tlie Wellington Roardf said a similar proposal had been plftped before his board sbme time'ago but had been rejected,- and m his opinion rightly so. The chairman of the conference (Mr. W. Wallace) said they were trending on dangerous ground. It would be most unwise to imperil the system of assured finance which the board already had,