Thoughts For The Times

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1920, Page 2

Thoughts For The Times

A Government Indictment. The way the Massey Government is cpmn}itt;;d to the expenditure of millions makes it very certain jfliat there must be increased taxatipn ifexp year, . that is to say, in. the next session of | Parliament proposals for further u- ' creases in taxes must be made. The commercial and trading glasses will presently wake up to the fact that it is time they insisted upon the Government exercising reasonable, if pot rigid economy, and abandoning commercial and industrial enterprises which no Government is fitted to carry on with its bureaucratic methods.—Mercantile Ga-* zette. *

The Inangahua Hospital Board is inviting applications for the position of staff nurse at Reefton hospital at a i • salary of £l2O per annum. j A Wellington correspondent says the Government will, in all probability, shortly set up a Commission to enquire | into the charges made by Mr H. E. Holland, M.P., in the House of Representatives, regarding some recent meat shipments. The Lyttelton “Times” reports the prepress of the Arthur’s Pass tunnel is still being seriously impeded through the cement shortage. The position of the work at present is: —To line 34 chains, between top headings 25 chains. The tunnel, working to capacity, requires fifty' toils of cement per week. About eighteen tons are in sight. NO RUBBING LAUNDRY HELP is winning on its merits. Greatest boon to housewives. Is packets e'very time.

Colombo Teas, Coffee, and Cocoa. Cheapest and best in the market. Agent for compressed yeast. Obtainable until further notice from W. McLean’s Store, Kumara Junction.— Advt. '

CLINCHER CROSS MOTOR TYRES „ive the longest life—wholly reliable in wear. Produced in, the largest rubber manufactory in the whole Empire .All garages can supply- '