THE OPPOSITION'S INCONSISTENCY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1833, 21 August 1913, Page 4

THE OPPOSITION'S INCONSISTENCY.

Sir,—Would you allow me space to make n. few remarks ro tho above? Since the Massey Government have been in power tho Opposition 'linvo been trying to bring ull sorts of charges against them, but they have not been able to prove them, and now they want to charge them with being extravagant, but still they tried very hard to press them to borrow another .£2,000,000. The majority of the electors have the confidence in the pTeBont Government to know that whatever they spend there will bo something to show for it, and not, as during-the term of tho Continuous Ministry, when millions were spent and little to show for it; and I call tapcm them to show how tho cost of construction of our railways rose from 47000 -per mile to .£19,000. When a lino lileo the Slana.wfl.tii, wliich was very far from being an easy line to construct, was made for under XGOOO peT mile, does it not show somo gross mismanagement? Look at the Hutt lino duplication. Qui M<r. Wilford explain how that work cost .£338(000, when tho original, estimate was only £100,000? By an estimate from a competent gentleman, I was told that the cost should not have exceeded .£150,000. What was Air. Wilford doing to let this waste 50 oii under his noso?- Did he not think it his duty to electors to see that this work was carried out in an economical manner?, Now ho wants, to make afuss because the local bodies havo to help [aj; for the past Government's misdeeds, Which -Mr. Wilford was a. strong supporter, of. What did they do towards assisting tho lxick-blocks settlers in giving them roads to tht : Lr ; farms? There has been enough money wasted over our Parliamentary Buildings to have given a great many of theso struggling settlers a road to their places. Mr. Hindnmrsh said at a Harbour .Board meeting a few weeks ago that tho farmers and settle® were not the mainstay of the country. I ysk who is the mainstay if tho above are not? I am sure his associates, tho .Red Federation, are not. In tho past wo got plenty of promisss, but broken ones; now wo are got:ting them carried into effect. If the present members of the .Opposition knew what a. vory great majority of the farmers and Bottlers in the country thought of them they would not lmve much cause to be flattered hy their opinions. After the long term'of 20 years, the school teachers and ine/iibers of the police force have to come to tho Reform Government to get their wrongs redressed. Thanking you in anticipation—l am, .eto., ■ . AN EX-FARMER.