A COMPARISON
When a slight' financial depression occurred in 1909 .the-Right Hon. Sir J. Ward retrenched 1041 hands, and cut down the expenditure of public money, by £506,187. On September 9, 1910, he submitted a statement to Parliament indicating what Departments were dealt with This statement showed that from the Health Department 40 mon were dismissed; from Public Works and Mines, 156: from the Agricultural Department CO;' from, the- Lands 41 and from the Railways. 600. What would he have dono if he had struck a real orisislike what the Reform Party did when the war broke out? Ihe Reform Party instead of reducing wages and public expenditure had .lnorcased, both The Railway Department especiallv bearing in mind their recent increase in. lages of £120,000; a year should appreciate the advantages that they have gained by the Hon. ■ Mr. Herries being at the head of their- affairs, instead of Sir Joseph, Ward.—,' Mr. Edward Newman, Reform candidate for' Riuigitikei, speaking at Awahmi.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2320, 30 November 1914, Page 6
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162A COMPARISON Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2320, 30 November 1914, Page 6
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