MONEY & MEN
THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY. FINANCE MINISTER WINDS UP DEBATE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. Winding up the’ debate in the House of Representatives on war finance, the Minister of Finance (Mr Nash) gave a further explanation of aspects of the internal loan of £8.000,000, and a justification of the course adopted by the Government. “The Government will continue to carry the war on with the maximum effectiveness,” he continued. “It will not argue the matter. We will take everything required that is to the credit of this country so that we can put up a creditable fight. You cannot, however, logically put conscription on those who get £4 or £5 a week.” The Minister said the Government would use its powers to get the necessary money, voluntarily or otherwise, to carry on the defence of the country. It would be fair with the people, but it would not argue with them. It had to defend the country, and the only way to do so was to lake the necessary goods and fight.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 October 1940, Page 6
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