THE LITTLE NEW ZEALANDERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 490, 24 April 1909, Page 10

THE LITTLE NEW ZEALANDERS.

Sir,- —We are ruled by'members •of "The Little Now Zealand Party," whoso,policy is now, over has been, and ever will be to stick ,to -place : and emolument. But this is not jiows—except: to,, new chums. A-' "Liberalt Labour". Government: they call themselves. .Nice name I How. it docomJs the very gullible,.whoso .name is Logionr Weliave 'had about twenty, years of f'Liboral-Labour''Gov-ernment. Arotho labourers'any better off? Is _ any - class of manual or mental workers doin» better? Aro tho farmers and the traders doing botter? No. But Ministers have been doing,well all. tho timei " They arc' not •troubled by "tightnoss of money." Plenty ... of mono,v for Ministersj and a picnic atleast fincc a fortnight.: Tho Liberal-Lahour Federation must be an organisation of severo thinkers. .;, . - . • ... Retrenchment! Oh, yes, but it must not touch Ministers', salaries and 'picnics.' • It matters not that. 700 civil servants arc / ■'. throivn out of employment in winter.* ■ ' Thousands of men workless in winter! 1 What of that? .This is ono of the inevitable' ■ things. It is one of the hard decrees of Providence. A "Liberal-Labour" Govornnient cannot bo expected to, control Providonce. ■■■■look »'• what nra ham Aanal" «x.

claims our Prime Minister. "Is it not enough? Havo we not earned a few years of legislative rest?' 1 . Certainly they have, •andj"unless iijimimuch. mistaken, they will get in tho way of rest, but—without pay.;; :Witli. ono or two Dreadnoughts 'to. pay for, our million of. peoplo, halfofwhomaro pbvorty-strickon, can hardly bo expected to pay for prolonged "legislative rest;" nnd 'especially as tho poor oivil servants will got no pay during their period of rest. -■ '• Two ' Dreadnoughts 1 • Four millions sterling! A wonderful gift for one million of .people to make tho Mother Country! Especiallyjvjien/.wo,ponsider that ?t least half our' people. aro poor, many .thousands: of tliem heavily burdened with private debts, and all burdened with a public debt of about £70,000,000. Why, the wealth of Britain, slightly, taxed, would yield enough revenue to .pay for a-hundred Dreadnoughts. But our extremflly liberal Ministers promise two Dreadnoughts without even consulting Parliament! What next? . "Ilefore you aro gencrous pay your debts," is as .good -. advico .ioE; Goverimionts as it is for private individuals—l am, etc., OBSERVER. ' April 22, 190!). : .