SAVING OF MILLIONS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 32307, 1 September 1943, Page 3

SAVING OF MILLIONS

EXPENDITURE OF WAR FUNDS FREE & UNFETTERED TO VOTE Speaking of war expenditure in his address at Christchurch last night, Mr S. G. Holland said millions l of pounds could be. saved by an overhaul of the system. The Auditor-General’s report had disclosed deplorable conditions. There was an utter absence of business methods in many departments. Everybody agreed that this was wrong but courage to face up to it was missing.’ The public had no idea of. what was going on. More than half the war expenses were being met from loans, and soldiers would have to meet these costs when they returned. It was high time for an overhaul of Parliament. A total of 120 in the Genera] Assembly was absurd. The Legislative Council now did nothing, and his party would reduce its numbers or abolish it. To attract the bestmen for the gigantic problems ahead, the remuneration of 'Parliamentarians would be revised and a superannuation scheme introduced.

One of the most important features of the National Party’s policy, said Mr Holland, was that every National

Party member of the Legislature was free and unfettered to vote on any and every question brought before Parliament according to his own judgment and conscience. The only occasion on which a combined vote would ibe required was a “No-Confidence” motion.