PREMIER AND FARMERS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1921, Page 3

PREMIER AND FARMERS

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| iiy tf.i.Ki;i:ar:l ri.it miss .\s-..t i.t i i ,j N' 1 \Vlvl.|. 1X(!T()X, (}.■;..!;ci n. Tin. D.niiinluu Kxeciitive uf t! m• New /< aland l**:iritt* rs l*nimi held yesterday. A n 1 :11 1 1 1 > ■ 1' n! I,! ' Parliament. will! .'.ere inv'.ti I to !,,• \ r- ■ sent attended. Tim press \vi.|i' nut r‘ l - in it t<‘<l. Kepi'e-enta i i vi" uf tin' ft ii,ll plneed lii’l (ifi• till in’ i'. 111 vl •' nf ill,, coinin'; 1 i*t;:-I:i 1 i.m. tbe I ninn ideas Oil f| IH-st ion if lionk iii'r, :na rl:et '1 of prodne*' and tbe sliipj'in't pi'' ducc, lliirim: tlic meetime I'lmi \V. 1'• ■' mcv arrived. Ili‘ said lie strenely ! j cctcd to soinc of tin' statements wt'iib were beine made by suin'' el t'ie-“ e’e sent. They bad. Hu ria"t In pn at . tlie ennntry as wlnm r~ and s. Tbev e..ve ,1 11 naid n•; tile- -"'inti'"

credit. One nf t In* I’nion i :i tes slate-, they wore neither v hilling nor ♦*r«*nki 11 • but stating the tm* 1 position Hon. Mr Massey said it win not tin tmo position. Si cli statements wen liable to operate against tin* credit n tin* country. In suprort of the viev he had expressed of the hopelui nosit ioi of the country. Mi 1 Massey read a canh he had just received I rum London an noiincing that wool had risen in price The matter of taxation was ;d----touched on by Mr Massey, who d*‘ dared the rate of taxation had no' heen increased. Any increase bad been in the value of land. Members of tin- ITtion said what they objected to was having to pay more money by way of taxation