Wheat
Sir, —What does not seem to be clear to “Arawa” is that newspaper criticism of Government policy or of any particular government department usually finds its way to Wellington; in some dedepartments it must be dispatched within 48 hours. On the other hand, the people’s representatives in Wellington make laws which are obeyed by 75 per cent of the community and openly flouted by the other 25 per cent—the pressure groups. Take the law requiring that milk sold to the public shall have a specified cream content. The Federated Farmers just laugh at that, and the Minister concerned lets them get away with it. Crusading through “The Press” correspondence columns is likely to be more fruitful and less frustrating than crusading in Bowen street—until such time as we have a Government which is forceful enough to enforce obedience, by all sections of the community, to the laws it enacts.—Yours, etc., FED-UP HOUSEWIFE. March 7, 1966.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31003, 8 March 1966, Page 16
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156Wheat Press, Volume CV, Issue 31003, 8 March 1966, Page 16
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