"NOTHING UNORTHODOX"

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 208, 18 September 1937, Page 3

"NOTHING UNORTHODOX"

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Government Administration

(By Telegrapb-

■ WELLINGTON, This Day, "The administration of the Government has been on orthodox lines," said Mr E. L. Cullen (Government, Hawke's Bay), when speaking in the Address-in-Eeply debate in the House of Represntativcs yesterday. Nothing unorthodox liad been done, he said, and the past Government could liavo done the same things as the present Government had it wished to. Despilu the mortgage legislation land values were far too high. *airy land in Hawke's Bay was as high as £108

an aere. High land values were a great disadvantage to the farmers. PracticalJy 90 per cent, of the farmers wcroi tied np with stock mortgages tiiey Arere unable to nieet. It was most discouraging to tind some of the small farmers mortgaged over and above the vaiue of their properties. Ref'erence was made by Mr Cullen to rates of pay on the Public Works and those paid by dairy-farmers under the Agriculfural Workers Act. He said the tarm worker, who received £2 2/6, was well off compared with the man on Public. Works, who had a lot, of broken time through wet weather. Diseussing the Government 's proposals for taking over freight transport services, Mr Cullen said that practically SO per cent. of tbe lorry owners wero insolvent. Lorries had been purchased with £10 down, and i'or venrs the owners had been earryiiig a uiort- . gag# fchejr wers vna,hl« to