THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
What Tut: l.iniiit.u.s Din Kmt X.Z. New Zealand has been a pioneer in social reform and sane communal activity. Look at this: .She was the first i uimtry to establish universal penny postage (ami at this moment shames v.s nv her example) : the first lu institute non-contributory old age pensions: the first British country to
give women the Parliamentary franchise: the first (I am told) with State coal mines and State life, lire and accident insurance; the first to authorise compulsory purchase of large estate-. for the purposes of closer settlement: and the lir-t to advance cheap money to settlers: the first British country to adopt preferential and reciprocal trade with Great Britain; and the first country to institute compulsory eoueiliaiion and arbitration for the prevention of strikes and lockouts. - 1-ontlon •‘Punch.’’
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1926, Page 2
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136THOUGHTS FOR THE TlMES. Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1926, Page 2
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