STATE’S RECOVERY

Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1935, Page 5

STATE’S RECOVERY

CLAIMS BY THE PREMIER NEW SOUTH WALES POLLS POLICY OF GOVERNMENT REDUCTION OF DEFICIT By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 6.30 p.m. Sydney, April 25. Delivering a policy speech in his own electorate, Croydon, the Premier, Mr. B. S. B. Stevens, dwelt at length on the transformation in the business, industrial and rural life of the State since his Government took over from the Lang regime three years ago, when the aggregate deficit was £22,890,000. This said the Premier, had been reduced to less than £3,000,000, while taxation and other charges and financial burdens had been reduced by £12,500,000. A stjll greater achievement, said Mr. Stevens, was the expenditure by the Government in the past three years of £26,000,000 on public works and a reduction in unemployment to manageable proportions. , Mr. Stevens declared the Government s policy for the future would, as in the past, be directed 'to the development of the State resources, continuation of water conservation, power and irrigation schemes, helping the farmers .to grow crops or raise stock along scientific lines, co-operating with the Commonwealth Government in exploring avenues of profitable export, protiding machinery for a Federal compulsory pool as desired by the wheat-growers, affording further relief to necessitous farmers, setting up a better organisation for the fruit industry and the development of mineral resources. All possible facilities would be given for private enterprise to create big industrial undertakings, and due protection would be afforded bona fide unionists against any form of exploitation. The Government if returned would maintain or extend all existing social services and would examine schemes for unemployment insurance. An adequate network of aerodromes would be provided for the development of air transport. Regarding the chain-store system, of trading which had come under review, the Government would take appropriate action if the results of its investigation warranted it.