THE BUDGET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 874, 21 July 1910, Page 6

THE BUDGET.

' THE COMING DEBATE. Evidently the Prime Minister does not want to seo another debate like that on the Address-in-Iteply, which attracted speeches practically only from Government members. In- the llouso yesterday, when reference was being made to the pending Financial'■ Debate, Sir Joseph remarked: "Let*us have something like a reasonable debate on this occasion/'Mr. Massey: Ton will get plenty of speeches. ' Sir Joseph: It is to be hoped so. Mr. Massey: But you will require to exercise greater courtesy of debate to, our side on this occasion. v ' . . Sir Joseph: We can't always be,expected to always .provide against susceptibilities which we did not kno.w existed. Mr. Treat us fairly. Sir Joseph: Well, Ave are prepared to debate the Budget mail for man Mr. Alassey: But that' would not be fair. Sir Joseph: Well, we.will throw you in a man or two towards, the.end of the debate if. you p need them.' (Laughter.) VIEWS OF MR. MYERS. "As it is proposed to transfer ,£500,000 from the Consolidated l ; und for roads, and other public works, and to ask Parliament to authorise a loan of <£1,750,000 for the same purpose," remarked Mr. Myers, the' new Auckland member, to a Dominion representative yester: day, "it is evident that the Government are alive to the necessity for pursuing a progressive policy, and 1 can only hope the North Island, haying regard to .the great opportunities it affords of in-! creasing our production, "\vill receive its 1 fair share in this direction." PRi-3S GOMMENTS; (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.! Auckland, July 20. Beferring editorially ..to the Budget, the "Herald" says: In certain directions increase! Departmental expenditure is inevitable, but even or this it may fairly be said that \viser administration would increase our population more rapidly andthus distribute the necessary burdens over numerous shoulders, while in- many other cases spending appears to run a race with the* power to spend. Railways cannot be obtained, and back-block are more prominent in' Ministerial statements than in metalled reality. The 'Native- Department, where organisation is a mere figment of speech, resists every form 'of pressure, aud is utterly hopeless. The survey plea is as old as Mr. Carroll's regime, yet in referring to various areas being dealt with by the . Native Land Boards, we are told in the Financial Statement that "settlement of the greater, part'of the area has been delayed for want of surveys/' and again we are assured that everything will be satisfactory in the future.