TO-MORROW’S RUGBY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 200, 25 August 1936, Page 6

TO-MORROW’S RUGBY

SHOP ASSISTANTS FACILITIES FOR ATTENDANCE REQUEST TO MAYOR A recommendation that the Mayor of Wanganui, Mr. W. J. Rogers, should request businessmen to afford members of their staffs an opportunity of witnessing to-morrow’s Rugbymatch between the touring Australian team and Wanganui was passed at last night’s meeting of businessmen in the City Council Chambers. The reccommendation was brought forward oy Mr. W. J. Gibson Hughes, president of the Wanganui Tourist and Development League. Mr. S. J. Goodey: Do you mean t*i suggest that the shops should be closed? Mr. Hughes: No. Mr. Goodey and several businessmen spoke in favour of the reconp mendation. Dr. G. J. Adams, who is president of the Wanganui Rugby Union, said that Wanganui was a fortunate centre in securing a match against the Australian team. Over 700 Taranaki excursionists had travelled to Auckland to see the opening match and it was expected that a similar number would be visiting Wanganui. In addition, large numbers wer-. expected from southern districts. complaining are city farmers and people who don’t farm, but expect to get the last shilling out of the poor cockie. The majority of those people who growl at those meetings, you will see them with big, beautiful cars and they don’t seem to cut those cars out with the high taxation. Also we have all got to realise that the Labour Government is not there to help the farmer, but the working man, said by one member. But he, too, wants to realise that the "National Government when in power, was not in to haip the working man, but 15 per cent, of the farmers." Another member proposed a strong protest against the increase in taxation, especially the graduated land tax. If he looks at things aright he will find that it wont touch the small working farmer, it gets at the man with the large holdings, who is most able to pay, he had relief with the last Government since 1931, and I think it is only reasonable that he ought to pay now. Go back to 1931 and see how much they got, when the National Government took the graduated land tax off! The members of the Wanganui Provincial Executive want to read the comments at the meeting at Tolaga Bay for unbiassed comments of the Labour Government. Some farmers want to he spoon-fed all the time. While we are on resolutions I never saw a resolution get proposed at the Wanganui Farmers’ Union meetings in the last four years against the National Government allowing the farmers to pay starvation wages, also against the existence of starving people in New Zealand. One would think that the farmers were the only people that a Government had to think about. The farmers cannot expect good roads, railways to their doors, electricity and all sort of things without taxation. That sort of thing puts value on the land. You want to blame the other Governments for the taxation, on the loans they got from the bankers, instead of creating the Douglas Credit system.—l am, etc., "HONEST FARMER." What is the Douglas Credit System ?—Editor.