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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5340, 17 October 1928, Page 4

Achievement/ what the Coates Government has done JN polities Parties must be judged, aot merely by their Promises, bat by Naturally, the opponents of the Coates Government will attempt to belittle the their Performance. That is a fair test. In the election Campaign now achievements of the Reform Party. That is their business in life. Happily the developing, the slogan of the Reform Party might well be: “POLICY, facts speak for themselves. Electors who prefer to be guided by accomplished PROMISE and PERFORMANCE/’ for the policy iaid down by Mr. Coates facts rather than by empty talk can judge from the record given,' below, what at the last election has been successfully carried through, and the promises oates overnment has done for New Zealand. It is a record of sterling h.« eMtetsaHy honour The’Coates Government S X"! „d up ia lha beadtin. u Un. paga—ACHIEVEMENT. ri.dse.of 1925 , M r. Highway., Railway, and Hydro - •Electricity Reduction of foe p.MKn.bk age for woman Public Debt Charges J 9 2? 2 * . «7 from 65 to 60 years £26 £45/10/— « • 7u >i >V7 . *ll/3 £l/8 HE Coates Administration has achieved immense improvement, in Widows’ Pensions ' ' social Service (Health ana Hospitals, the Reading of New Zealand, a bold policy resulting in vast Advance- With one child under 15 .... 412 £52 n c ,n ’ Education) .... 216 6 4 2 8 ment in length and quality. ' Allowance for each additional" child " £6 £26 (Lan ° , Sea ) .-■ 014 5 014 8' In just over three years the Main Highways Board assisted in con- Limitation of Pensions for Widows IM £2OB Administrative Charges 2 3 7 113 I structing 430 miles metal roads, 240 miles tar and bituminous roads, Family Allowances »PtU« tor Tear .... .... .. . 0 10 9 0 2 6 27 miles concrete roads, and over 3 J miles 2/- per week for eaeh child in excess of two. “ bridging at an expenditure of £2,648,657. income including allowance not to exceed £4 £5/4/- £8 2 6 £8 0 7 Legislation directly to the advance- par weak phis 2/- for each child in excess of B . r child Nr>a_ — k c , , ~ ment of highways improvement includes two. per ann trative fi M ures the gratifying fact that general and adminisDeVClotting the Petrol Tax (1927), utilised for main A beneficent and statesmanlike Act has been passed by the Coates ten shillings ner k/j* 8 ? c ° st . of Government) are lower to-day by over t/it Dominion I *£? *' Tl,i! Act WUt b.t>« K™““df J Z, L ’7'“‘ S' ** ,k ‘ Tyre Tax ( 1926), which is paid into the under which all motorists at a trifling cost are placed, in. a position to pav policy and administration > ° ' aoun<l, c »P«ble and humanitarian Mam Highways Account Reserve Fund compensation to those who, may suffer injury through motor accidents. ’ In one of the most difficult n • J c- vearmarked for maintenance of Main High- During the past three years the Coates Government has shown its depression was affecdnZ- the fi P WayS A A t th '-1 • practical sympathy with the workers by making advances to the extent of ment was able once mire Coa . te ‘ Go *" n ' An Act (1926) authorised an m- nearly six and a half million pounds to enable them to buv their own During tk- sur P lus «>" tl»« year s accounts, crease of from one-third to one-half of the Main Highways Maintenance homes. Think of-it; over six millions advanced to workers on cheap and deficits V 6 Pen ° d P ractlcali y all the Governments of Australia showed subsidy to Local Authorities. 'easy terms—nearly double the amount advanced by any previous Govern- Sound finanae i. not a „-k -.L x rElimination of level crossing dangers is being gradually effected. ment in the same time. a f act a catch_ cry with the Coates Government. It M 2,700 miles of Subsidiary Roads, and the Main Roads through all The Child Welfare legislation of the Government, and legislation for mur „ A Boroughs of under 6,000 people have been declared Main Highways. the bettef treatment of the mentally defective, are other outstanding ™E COATES GOVERNMENT HAS “GOT THINGS DONE. 10,000 miles of'the country reading derived benefits from the operations achievements. 5 °\ th LSes^on h a forffieTAct was passed under which the powers of the THE-COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE. EcOnOmV ill Administration Highways Board were enlarged to enable the Board to give still further ■ 1 HP | | ' relief to Local Bodies in the matter of Main Road Construction and Main- 1 OSI SIIIU 1 I Coates Government has made steady and successful efforts tewirli tenance. HROCRFW •P . JT ! u • t \ affecting economy, in Departmental Administration: > The Reform. Government recognised the vast importance of Railway F* n rULOa in rost and lelegrapn expansion has been as remarkable Annual appropriations for the year 1928 were £240 000 below the construction in developing the Dominion, and on an average every fort- as it as been sound. All over the country services have been im- amount estimated for. There was also a considerable decrease in exnend.night has seen a mile of Railway built to open up the country and better prove and the public afforded greater facilities. ture as compared with the preceding year. serve the transport needs of the community. Never in the history of New . . e work of the Department has been placed on a sound business , J decrease in Departmental expenses is the result of eoatinnnu. Zealand has there been such tremendous progress and improvement in road a ? IS W1 commerc *al accounting in all Departments. and rigid supervision over practically every item of expenditure subject to and railway transport facilities. ■ *“ e receipts of the Post and administrative control. Sound economies of this nature benefit aB classes. (Hydro-electric development has been carried out with thoroughness . "*———■ Telegraph Department advanced from lhey are not showy and spectacular, but they are important ta taxpayer, and expedition, and the schemes under course of construction, at the £2,889,450 (1925) to £3,329,511 (1928) and are evidence of carefol and able present time afford the fullest possible evidence of the far-sightedness and Businesslike and ? an , lcrease £530,061. Payments, — administration. X enterprise of the Coates Government. which in 1925 stood at £2,416,257, were AC' £ Many Deparisnautal reform’ have THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE. Profitable reduced to £2,299 517 in I 928, a decrease A. Saving of a been introduced. Modern methods of , JIA A f ■TI ’ ? he ,“ U , ntr ? s a , d „\ a " ta^e - » accountancy have been adopted through Fdliratinn and Inrlucfrv Management! ?4 surp us> J lnch garter of a out the Departments of s»-e, and c 7mLQUCailOn ana inaustry / ?o^ J ! 3, u A nCreaSed /’ /J’® 2 - 9 ’ 940 ln Million on ™ercial balance now produced POURING the past three years the Coates Government has erected many ’ ’> iterence of £650,74/, due. to annually for all State activities. new schools, expending half a million sterling. Schools' of the old soun an usiness i e Administration. Expenses I Steps have also been taken to ensure type are rapidly disappearing, and in the new buildings great attention is j p . unng 0 jears the Ketorm Govern- that all stores are accounted for in the given to hygienic conditions Tefonkn.% St^fo„27\ same manner „ an(J a Store , Where localities desire it experiments are being made with open air extended andi J 97 7’ i e |l?°nflQ ’ ' ' These have been largely trol Board has bean set us to arrange for ...chools With a view to ascertaining the beneficial Effect on health. A Thtnumbe of DebZw fo th P t Off P 1 • .Al the purchase supplies in bulk. . Correspondence School, providing education to over 700 back-block w :*k - Tntal- rt f $47 77A ° S CG avings Bank is 804,725, . , AX here the nature of the Service permits of it, every effort has beenchildren, has proved most epcouraging by results. ’ ' ' made to make Services self-supporting, and so opportunity is lost ®f A large amount of remodelling of .old school buildings has been done THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE. introducing better methods, eliminating waste, and preventing -nd this work is being pressed steadily forward. y • , j™. , extravagance. Groups of country schools have been consolidated in several favour- lHStl*llCtlOn and IR h r. i- x P er *® nce shown that in a very large organization like the ■d.ile localities where transport can be arranged. By this means country r Ctl L-ll Public Service, true economy is not attained by spectacular reforms, but children can attend a school as strongly staffed and as fully conducted as "THE Scientific and Industrial Research Department was established bv l • col J t *f' ua * , an “ gradual improvements, and this is the course that is any city school. , 1 Actin 1 92 6to work in co-operation with the Minister for Agriculture. being followed successfully. Though large classes still exist the numbers in each class have been l f l las already rendered valuable assistance to the primary producers in the - Departments have now attained a high degree of efficiency and rec.u-.cd by more than half, which itself shows that the staffing of schools control of noxious weeds, assessing the nutritive value of pastures, values *" TO “ P osltlon “at ensures good service to the country. . must be more than previously. of top dressing, seed and plant breeding, selection and disease control and THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE. ' ' Students are now being trained in the developing of new processes for the better utilisation of by-products ' j P ' a new system of physical training which, ' n the meat industry. i vinin rr I A 4- [■ -.A f-'r(?gress ve by strengthening the important organs of Much help has been given to the flax industry. JTciriTllllgJ UIICreSLS t f t * le b°dy, will conduce to good health in . The Massey Agricultural College Act l-'Arn.mr ■ ... . : . rOllCy. middle and old age. 111 1 was passed in 1926, enablin'* Degrees in CHARMING Legislation of outstanding importance baa been achieved by Facilities for giving manual instruc- Agriculture to be obtained. ° £ tae . at . es Government. Crown Lands Purchase m favourable terms li/f'cs Tariff* ! tion to senior pupils in primary schools A C- Authority for an annual grant of ne am °s tlzatlon “ a ® been arranged with a State, advance amounting to * and to junior pupils in secondary schools Applying f or Research‘purposes. apprUe'd 9 5 %; right to obtain freehold granted to tenants of National Endowment ‘ and district schools have been greatly fo b y the Minister for Agriculture was Lands (617,000 acres and affecting 1,379 settlers); right to acquire foe extended. . sanctioned in connection with Canterbury Slmpie tO owners of Renewable Leases of Lands not fo the National EndowChildren from country schools are carried free Gy rail to centres Everyday Life! Agricultural College in an Act passed in ment. , , , where manual training is provided. 1927. The Institute of Horticulture “Act . P Legislation has been passed to facilitate the cutting up W Child Welfare has progressed greatly — Dental Clinics have, been (192 7) was legislated to encourage argG un 7J r a ® ystem S rou P settlement financed by the Governdeveloped and the health of children specially cared for. - nr-r-: -— — Horticulture and Scientists to dndertrkc Under this scheme not only is provision made for breaking The average annual salaries paid to teachers has increased’by varying further study in Horticulture. * ' large holdings, but those desiring to get on the land can do so undo? amounts of from S/ 1 1, to £126 during the past ten years. Medical Research in’connection with the Health of the Nation has conditions most favourable to their future success as farmers. Education conditions in New Zealand stand on a par with thomost received much impetus from the helpful attitude of the Coates Government. r j ra = ™* v ances Act (1926) advances up to £5,500 (exclusive progressive countries of the world. Investigations into Endemic ■ Goitre, Inf anhle Paralysis, Hay Fever, Still mone y s advan «d under the State Advances Amendment Act, 1926) Industry— Births and the first month mortality of infants, have been carried out. were made possible, and private investment directed towards form The Coates Administration has shown a sympathetic attitude towards Preventative measures for certain disease, have been made the duties mortgages. .. ‘ndustry. It has encouraged production by ail possible means, and sought of Medical Officers of Health and School Medical Officers. , 1 " e Intermediate Credit Act provides additional credit facilitiee at to oromote friendly relations in industry. It has consistently advocated The Child Welfare Department has won' the praise of practically the tJle c J ate of lnterest - end, striven for a friendly spirit of conciliation and goodwill. In 1925 whole wo rid. " 1 Subsidies and guarantees to the Pork. Poultry, Fruit and Honey dt-r- v,-re 83 Labour Disputes; in 1926, 59; in 1927, 40 (of which the THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THING I ? DONF Industries, and a subsidy of £B,OOO towards Herd Testing. A valuable Report refers to 27 as being trivial), arid for 1928 the figures are / HINGS DONE. measure (1926) conferred on the Minister for Agriculture • : ’I J T a.’ powers for swamp drainage. ■.> Th' National Industrial Conference (1928), promoted by. Mr. Coates, £ HHu 1 HXRIIOn . Wide legislation to encourage in-’-a Ir-on-rht a greater understanding between employers and employees. r- a • • dividual ownership. Old system of pur''th Primary and Secondary industries have received sympathetic con- I Loates Administration has maintained the National Finances of the fmnnrfamt chase of Crown Lands has been superJ ’eration arid the Customs Tariff brought down and passed by the Coates c c ° untr y 011 n sound basis that has won the approbation of the London seded; now purdmseable under more Gov-rnment was recognised to be the most statesmanlike and soundest financiers and established the credit of New Zealari’d on an equality with Agricultural attractive conditions on amortization m revision ever framed in this Dominion. that or the Mother Country with qll her vast resources. The £5,000,000 I e I years (1926). Right of re-valuation THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE. wiffiinTday’"^ flotation 3 * subscribed six4old and quoted at a premium Legislation! Settremen"^^^'^^?^ 3 ”" 8 RUn * • 10*1 II r IC The F üblic Debt of .the Country has received great consideration, Wheat Industry was safeguarded tensions and dOCial Welfare particularly that part of the Debt that is unproductive. Realising that it - under the Central Tariff Revision (1927), 1t l u .l nn ' is the unproductive debt which handicaps a sliding scale of tariff according to the | T has been the Coates Government s policy to continue the splendid, ; . — j a nation, the Coates Administration has world market price of wheat being agreed upon. humanitarian and social work of the Reform Party. The latest step in redeemed this portion of the Public Debt Advantageous Acts dealing with Fertilizers, Fmgicides, Insecticides, us direction—the family Allowance—was quickly brought into practical j ; r by £6,854,039 in three years. The War Noxious Weeds, Ses'ds, Slaughter and Inspection end Stock, have become -ape, and in its first year of operation carried £37,5 4 into the homes of DfCF Debt has been reduced by £3,000,541, the 1»W. iricworccrifc 1 his Act, which fairly represents the sympathetic view which Taxation than Government having redeemed the War In addition! special consideration has been given to the interests of Mr. Coates has always taken in respect of the struggles of the familj' man . Bonds and Stock falling due or coming soldier-settlers, re-valuations of their properties and remission of interests, ■ h apd his 'wife in poor or restricted Australia! * n t° the open market. relieving them of hardship. The Coates Government forced this problem assures an allowance of I n 192 6 Taxation per head amounted boldly, doing justice to the men even though the loss ran into several I/- per week for each child in excess of to £l2 7s. 1 I d.; in 192 7 it was million pounds. Humanitarian ‘v 0 ’ wbere average weekly income of . £l2 ss. 6d.; and in 1928 it has reached the In the three years 1926-1927-1928 the State Advances to Farmers, the parents does not exceed £4. comparatively lower level of £JJ 17s. 7d. Workers and Local Bodies have broken all records. The total advances Ar'h 'otiomont* f . During the 16 years of Reform The latest figures available show that the Taxation per head in at l° w rates of interest durihg that period amounted to the large sum of ZlCfl evements. . Administration, Old Age Pensions have Australia is £l4 ss. per head, New Zealand being 16.6% lighter taxed £15,312,195. The amount advanced to settlers was nearly £9,000,000. been increased and conditions of the Aged than her immediate neighbour, who is mainly under Labour Administration. To this has to bemadded over £1,000,000 advanced from April, 1927, and Widows ameliorated in a variety of Here is a most significant fact and one which has not been clearly August, 1928, under the Rural Credits Scheme and monies now befog ’ ways. Here are some of the changes understood or properly appreciated. If the charges arising out of our advanced under the Intermediate Credit Act. showing the generous improveme-its:— War obligations are excluded the taxation per head of the population THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE. I A Coates to continue the flood Work, O . - . v

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