ROADS AND BRIDGES VERSUS PENSIONS.
Was it better to give access to the land and bring the produce to market than to give pensions to old people? If roads and bridges were made he thought the settlers would be in a better position to provide for their aged relatives themselves. (Applause.) He was not against the principle, but against the Bill. It was, amongst other things, merely an extension of the principle of charitable aid. The more a man worked and saved the less chance he had of getting a pension. The principle was bad and opposed to the rules of political economy. He hoped his hearers would consider his objections reasonable and sufficient.— Herries, M.H.K., at Cambridge.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue XXI, 27 May 1899, Page 735
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118ROADS AND BRIDGES VERSUS PENSIONS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue XXI, 27 May 1899, Page 735
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