HARD TIMES AND LARGE DIVIDENDS.
•'-Sir,r-We,have all heard and felt so much of,'the-.depression,''.' is it not to bo; wondered at irbno smgie institution in our Dominion caji pay/its, shareholders' 12i per cent'., dividend, and ' lay aside ;£2OO,UUO, which mcanß l 4s. 'per. Head of ;,burentire "population. •' This is "only one institution, and otnurs have done itf proportion,; and I maintain' that, the full tax on our population'is 6s. per head. If ilr.Seddbn wore alive, I am sure he would /say:'. .'.(Gentlemen, /this won't 'do, these hard' times;.: .1 cannot allow you: to; squeeze my children "to'' such air. extent, aiid you-rdust give,sqmo l assistance';''; The, banks, I ; main-' ■tain, can well; afford to /give the public relief discontinuing the charge of 10s. .per annum, and tho; exchanges., This is the. least they, cart-do to, help the struggling settler and I trust the Chamber: of Commerce will :take jthe: matter up and insist;■ on relief. Thanking '.yon' in.' anticipation'. for publishing,this.—Lam,; etc., . ;-"'.■". ••■.•"■ ■'".:.- •:^' : J-- : ■ '^C.v■'■:.-FARMERS' ~,-, Wanganui,, June 22. . . .... ,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 3
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166HARD TIMES AND LARGE DIVIDENDS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 3
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