ADMINISTRATION COSTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18635, 2 August 1930, Page 17

ADMINISTRATION COSTS.

ALLEGED TO BE TOO HIGH. By Telegraph—Press Association. NAPIER, August 1. A well-attended and representative meeting in Napier this afternoon, resolved: “That in the opinion of this combined meeting of the Napier Chamber of Commerce, Hawke’s Bay Sheep-owners’ Union, and the Hawke’s Bay Employers’ Association, the cost of administering the country is too high, especially in view of the low prices ruling for primary products, and in our opinion the excessive taxation proposed by the Government will be a further factor in increasing unemployment. It is therefore essential that steps be taken to effect economies in Government expenditure, and thus avoid all proposed extra taxation. The meeting further expressed the opinion that a combined meeting of the Employers’ Federation, and affiliated bodies, the Sheepowners’ Federation, and the Farmers’ Union should be called to protest against Government extravagance.