A HARD WINTER
MR. COATES INTERVIEWED “COUNTRY WILL PULL THROUGH.” (Special to “Chronicle.”) AUCKLAND, May 14. “I think we will put through all right. But there will be the utmost necessity for a spirit of self-help and a readiness on the'part of all to help the other fellow,” said Mr. Coates today when a reporter mentioned the financial depression and the prospects of a hard winter.
44 It is not a question of what the Government will do, but rather what I it is already doing,” he continued. “It has already been made clear to public bodies that th© Government will give subsidy for all work approved by the Minister of Public Works and carried out to hi« satisfaction. 44 The subsidy should be an incentive to local bodies to do all in their power to relieve hardship whenever it exists. A large number of men could be employed. The Public Works Department employs no less than 12,000 to 13,000 souls. “I wont say it is going to be a hard winter,” declared Mr. Coates. 44 Let us say rather that the position looks difficult. Every confidence can be placed in the Government to do all that it can within reason to make the lot. of the unemployed easier. But people must be prepared to help themselves and to help others.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19841, 16 May 1927, Page 11
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