THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
HELPING AND HINDERING. It is clear that in the public mind the chief weakness of the Government’s Unemployment Bill is the poll tax, 9 nd,,;. ~; , it is on this that many political opponents of the Government will seize in. order to wreck the. measure. This, ! : <)* hpw.pver, is not the only thing in the Bill. The Government’s proposals , are, by far the most comprehensive effort.: tha tlias yet been made in this, country to deal with the unemployment problem, and as such, they deserve sym- • pathetic consideration. ' The" Prime Minister has appealed to the House for constructive criticism, and the appeal should be extended to the country. The attitude of purely destructive criticism, of persistent and .bar. ren negation, is positively, dangerous. <" , ; ' —Exchange.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1930, Page 4
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126THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1930, Page 4
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