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NZ Truth, Issue 1194, 18 October 1928, Page 17

' * ■■ s ; ■ .v'f-'--'^ ''■'■'■/ ■• ■' ''■■'■ ■.::,. :V- -.•■'■'■ ■' : ■ ■■'. '\ ■ ■=•,'■' •■'■'■'■ ' ••■ •■' :" .■■ : ' '■".-.■ .'\ . : .'-'■■■' \- ■' { J N politics Parlies must be judged, not merely by their Promise*, but by Naturally, the opponents of the Coates Government will attempt to belittle the -'- 1 their Performance. That is a fair test. In the election Campaign now: achievements, of the Reform Party. That is their business m life. Happily the developing, the slogan of the Reform^ Party might well fee: •' POLICY, / facts B P eak for »^m»«ives. Electors who prefer to be guided by accomplished PROMISE and PERFORMANCE for the policy^ laid down by Mr. Coate. factsrather than by empty talk can judge from^the record given] below, what 1 ; >t , , .. i. ,j. . > v iiku \ j4L . the Coates Government has done for New Zealand. It is a record of sterling at the last ejection. has been successfully carried through, and the promises , ■•««-£-.-«-•--« -^< .1««j««j-«1 • • j t i_ i_ •*■_..<• ,t> >«' 1 « - x , , w « performance, of sound and progressive measures carried through without fuss made have ? been consistently Jiopotired. The Coates Government record U or fluster for the benefit and advancement of all classes, tfrue tahis election • well summed up inline headline to this page— ACHIEVJEMENT. pled ges of 1925, Mr. Coates has proved himself to be a man who gets thingsdone. ' HlO"flWaV«i RallwaVS atld HydrO ■ Amount Amount to-day is actually lower than ivwa. m 1914. .'This outsUnding fact I* lgll,Wa.ys, l\dllWdVs AIIU lIJfUIU ,<■:..;■ allowed. allowed. clearly proved by the figures given below (on a comparable basis) :- v •■• »; * l tl ,< • ' ;• Old Are Pensions-- . -,- • 1912 1928 \. 1913-14 1927-28 "'.'-, - tileCtnCltV J. : Reduction of the pensionable age for w«>men Public Debt Charges .... .... £1 17 3 £| 7 8 ' r l ' .- *^*v.ww**^* fci y V x - from 65 to, 60 years .... .... ..... £26 =£45/10/-. . Social Service (Health and Hospitals, THE' Coates Administration „ has achieved immense-' improvements m Widows' Pensions — Pensions , and Education) .... 216 ' 6 4 2 8 ' * the Roadmg of New Zealand, a bold pokey resulting m vast advance- / ■ • With one child under 1 5 ........ — £12 £52 Defence (Land and Sea) „. „.. 014 5' 014 8 ment m length and quality. , .. -t" .. Allowance for each additional child .... £6 £26 General and Administrative Charges 2 3 7 113 1 - r , In just over three years ihe Main Highways Board assisted m con- r : .Limitation -of Pensions for Widows .... .... £30 £208 Surplus for Year .... .... .... ..()'• '10 9 0 2 6 * ' ' "' v ' structing 430 miles metal ro^ds, 240 miles tar and bituminous roads, Family Allowancee— , ' ." '',' . ; , . a " * 27 miles concrete roads, and. over 3^ miles '.: 2/- per week for each .child m. excess- of two. 1 i • •. •. i £82 6 £8 0 7 ———————— — — - bridging at an. expenditure of £2,648,657. Income including allowance not to exceed £4. , £5/4/- ■ ' ■ Legislation directly to the advance- . per week plus 2/- for each child m excess of per child .-;* N'bto m the above figures -the gratifying fact that general and adminisment of highways improvement includes t 2 V °i' c j per annum. ; Uative charges (that is, the cost of Government) are lower to-day by ovef B DeVeloDinr the' Petrol Tax (1927), utilised for main> _ A beneficent and. statesmanlike Act has been passed by the Coate* , ten shillings per Head of population than m 1914. Note also that the. only MSKi/ciu/j ng 'highways and road« outside the Main Government for the protection of the public against risks associated with increase m cost has been for Social Services, for the benefit of the people. * / ' *Urn n* m ;««'n M t v Highways Scheme; the increase of the' »°j«^«^^ What bettor Evidence could there be of sound, capable and humanitarian tne MJOminiOn* ,, Tyre Tax (1926), which is paid into the under which all motorists at a trifling cost are placed m a position to pay policy and administration > ."'.'. f Mam Highways. Account Reserve Fund compensation to those who may suffer injury through motor accidents. .' ; In. one of the most difficult periods of its history, when a world earmarked for maintenance' pf Main Highr During the past^ three years the Coates Government has shown its ■ V depression was affecting the finances 6f all Nations, the Coates Govern--1 ' ' T ' " ' ways. # . '. practical. sympathy with the workers by making advances to the extent" of ment was able once more to show 'a surplus on the year's accounts. » \ ' An Act (1926) authorised an m- nearly six and a. half : million pounds to enable them to buy their own • During the .same" period practically all the Governments of Australia showed ereas* of 'from one-third to one-half of the Main Highways Maintenance homes. < Think of^ it rover six millions advanced to workers on : cheap and^ . deficits. „: ! - ,■ ' •übsid/to Local Authorities. ea§y *? rm "~" ne «»y^uble the amount advanced by any previous Govern- -Sound finance is not a catch-cry with the Coates Government. It if ' » Elimination of level crossing danger, is being gradually ejrected. ment m th« satae tim.." '-..^ ; / ; ■ ,••■'-■... " ;r«'-f*ct;- ; ,■..■■■.:■. /. : ' " . . 2.700 miles of Subsidiary Roads, and- the Main Roads through all Ihe Child W/elfare legislation of the Government, and legislation for .THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE. * , Boroughs of under 6,000 people have, been declared Main Highways. *^c better treatment or the mentally defective,, are other outstanding 10,000 miles of the country roadmg derived benefits from the operations achievements. ; 17 • 'A 1 •' • • • of the Main Highway Board. ft THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE. LCOnOmV 111 AdminiStratlOll Last Session a further Act was passed under which the powers of th« v '^_ • . '^ Highways Board were enlarged to enable the Board to give still further v iTOSt • dLTIfI J #*lpkO?rann ' T^HE Coates Government has made steady and successful efforts towv relief to Local Bodies m the matter of Mam Road Construction and Main- , * T ,7 ' ,** * vsACgl4*Jpil 1 affecting economy m Departmental Administration. tenance. ' ;:'-/' /„., PROGRESS m Post and Telegraph expansion J»as been as remarkabl. Annual appropriations for the year 1928 were £240.000 below the The Reform Government recognised the vast importance of Railway i as it has been sound. AH over the country services have been im- amount estimated for. There was also a considerable decrease m expendi- . construction m developing the Dominion, and on an average every fort- proved and the public afforded' greater facilities; ture ■" compared with the preceding year. night has seen a mile of Railway built to open up the country and better The work of the' Department has been placed on a sound business "^ c £ * ecreose . m Departmental expenses is the result of continuous serve tthe transport .needs of the community. Never m the history of New basis with commercial accounting m all' Departments. • and rigid supervision over practically every item of expenditure subject to Zealand has there been such tremendous progress and improvement m road , . ' • The receipts of the Post and : administrative control. Sound economies of this nature benefit all classes, and railway transport facilities. ■ , . . I "'•■'■■' -. ' ' ■ ■"' , I Telegraph Department advanced from They " c " Ot ' h ° Wy * nd 'Pe^acular, but they are important to taxpayers. * ' Hydrorelectnc development has been carried out with, thoroughness £2,889,450 (1925) to £3, 329,511 (1928) and are evidence of careful and able and expedition, and the schemes under course of construction at the , . . _• , «; an increase of £530 061 ' '■'' ■ "™" """ mm ~ m ~ "^ ™^^™ * "" administration. present time afford the fullest possible evidence of the far-sightednesS and tSUßinßßSllke and , which m 1925 utorwl »t *7 4 1 A ?S7 w-ri ■«''#•' . "•'"■*. f Many Departmental reforms have ' , . enterprise pf 'the Coates Government^} .■•■■■ Profitakl+ reduced to £2 299 51 7 m 1 928 a decrease A JOYing Of O , been introduced. Modern methods of % " I THIS COATES f GOVERNME)Sfg ?HAS GOiT THINGS^ DONE. \ rrvillWlC of £3 16,486 to the Country's' advantage. n**~r**mf ~ accountancy have been adopted through- <"*-, i^ * •"" *^f , V i Management! I The surplus, which m 1925 w*. • i^Wrter Of a . out the Department, of State, and con, Fniiratinn ann InniiQtrv » . . , £473,193, .increased to £1,029,940 m Million on ■ merci « ! b ? lane , < 5 ! heeta ar . e . now P roduc «» , LaUCailOn anU inaUSliy „■■•■ ■ . . 1928. « difference of £656,747, due to - ™"" W °" , annually for all State activities. f'NURING th'e past thTep years the Coates Government has erected many ■ . sound and businesslike Administration. ExpenSCsl i■■ ■■ Steps have also been taken to ensure JL- / new schools, expending half a million sterling. Schools' of- the old , During 1 6 years the Reform Govern- - ■ ■ - that all stores are accounted for m the v type are rapidly disappearing, and m the new buildings great attention is ment has erected new Post Offices on an average of one every three weeks same manner as cash, and a Stores Con- *.' given to hygienic conditions. .. . , Telephone, Stations m 1 925 amounted to 11 5,549. These have been largely . trol Board has been set us to arrange for Where localities desire it experiments are being made with open air . extended, and m 1927 numbered 132,089. ,; the purchase of supplies m bulk. # _ .....'» schools with a view to ascertaining the beneficial effect on health. A The number of- Depositors m the Post Office Savings Bank is 804,725, Where the nature of the. Service permits of it, every effort has been Correspondence. School, providing education to over 700 back-block wUh a Deposit Total of £47,758,726. v - : , made to make Services' self-supporting, and no opportunity is lost of children, has proved most encouraging by results. j v THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE introducing better, methods, eliminating waste, and preventing A large amount of Remodelling of old school buildings has been done . , . ' , , , .-•*''. extravagance. ' •nd this work is being pressed steadily forward; ' ; I*»e# > *«ii~*»fri j%'»» '""«• *1 I? *• '1% ' Experience has shown that m a very large organization like the Groups of country schools have been consolidated m several favour- - XTISIF UCIIOII CIUCI J\€SGSllCll ' Public .Service* true economy is not attained by spectacular reforms, but ■ able localities where transport can be arranged. By this means' country ■ . . . c , ; , .. n ' ' ' ' by continual and gradual improvements, and this is the course that is children can attend a school a B stremgly staffed and as fully conducted as IHE Scientific and Industrial Research Department was established by being followed successfully. . , \ : any city school. . *v Act m 1926 to wo^rk. m co-operation with the Minister for Agriculture. The Departments have now attained a high degree of efficiency and Though large classes still 'exist the numbers m each class have been « has already rendered valuable assistance to the primary producers m the ar€ J n a pos ition that .ensures good service to the country. ; ; reduced by m ° re th '" kaU> whi tJ;;tw:^ a Vp:etu.^ ° l sch °° Ie of^is^^d^punrb^d^ the coates government has got things done. \,r" :■■ ■,: , , .-„•■ ■'■>:.- .-^ Students are now being trained m the developing of new proces.e. ; for the better utilisation of by-products -i, , . f " ' ' ' . . :'.. .-,:.2 ■-,>■ -v , : r. -.; ; : . r a n « w , ys t em of physical training which,. m 1 ? vY w • i. « . / T arniinfif - liitef ests A PrOgreSSWe by strengthening the important organs of Much help has been given to the flax industry. * OUU " I e «.»WOTW . •: JD /• I the body, will conduce to good health m : The Massey Agricultural College Act CHARMING Legislation of Outstanding importance has been achieved by , ;.;. ;••.;; ;«■ ;., \ v:,. '■■'- ; v I<^K^ ■■•'■.;■. old age. I , I was passed m 1926; enabling Degrees m F the Coates Government. Crown Lands Purchase on favourable term* ' ;l "■ " •''.., ' '■ ' -V 7. '" ■' Facilitiea for giving manual iristruc- /". , . ,'-. v . . Agriculture to be obtained. of amortization has been . arranged with a State advance amounting to , ■' ■ - IX/2m~ T •ft' f tion to senior pupils, m primary schools jknolvini? Science ■* A utftor '*y for .an annual grant of 95%; right to obtain freehold granted, to tenants of National Endowment W IS€ I arilTS . and to junior pupils m secondary schools • - n rr J • £3,700 for Research purposes, approved Lands (61 7, 000/ acres and affecting 1,379 settlers) ; right to acquire fee ■■;■■■' ■ I and district schools have been greatly tO y . c Minister for Agriculture, was simple to owners of Renewable Leases of Lands not m the National Endowextended. . - _.- i sanctioned m connection with Canterbury ment. ' , J Children from country schools are carried free by rail to. centres s Everyday Lit 31 foo'l 0 " 1 *^ 1 , CoI ! ege m, */} A f l P*« ed m Special Legislation has been passed to facilitate the cutting up of , ' - • where 'manual training is provided. '■■'■ --V'V ■' /idiVv Institute of Horticulture Act estates under a system of group settlement financed by the Govern- -. k ' ', Child Welfare has progressed greatly — Dental Clinics have been >■ :•'-'-■ ' ' ■ ■•■ I [}* 2 7\ wa " ' e B2"\ atiß o *° encourage ment. Under /this scheme riot only is provision made for breaking up developed and the health of children specially cared for. '.'■"' -■..;,■ .# ■■ Horticulture *ndh Scientists to undertake l arge holdings', but those desiring to get on the land can do so under , - ' The average annual salaries paid to teachers has increased by varying ' . ' rurthe^ study^ m Horticulture. conditions moat favourable to their future success as farmers, amounts of frojn £81 to £126 during the past ten years. ' ' Medical Research m connection with the Health of the Nation has .By "the RuraK Advances Act (1926) advances up to £5,500 (exclusive Education conditions m New Zealand stand on a>ar with the most received much impetus from the helpful attitude of the Coates Government. o f mon eys advanced under the State Advances Amendment Act, 1926) progressive countries of the world. , „ • into Endemic Goitre, Infantile Paralysis, Hay Fever, Still were made possible, and private investment directed towards farm Industry-— Births and the first month mortality of infants, have been carried out. mortgages, r , ; v fh'e Coates Administration has shown a sympathetic attitude towards Preventative measures for certain d»«e«e« Haye i been made the duties The Intermediate Credit Act provides additional credit facilities at industry. It has encouraged production by all possible means, and sought of Medical Officers 'of Health and School Medical Officers. the lowest /ate of interest. to promote friendly relations m industry. It has consistently advocated The Child Welfare Department has won the praise of practically the Subsidies and guarantees to the Pork, Poultry, Fruit and Honey ■nd striven" 1 -for a friendly spirit of conciliation and goodwill. In 1925 whole world. ■ Industries, . and a subsidy of £8;0.00 towards Herd Testing. A valuable , there were 83 Labour Disputes; ift 1926', 59; m 1927, 40 (of which the THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE. measure (1926) conferred on the Minister for Agriculture additional v Labour Report refers to 27 as being trivial), and for 1928 the figures are Ir^ t • ' „ powers for swamp drainage. Still less. , .„••■• . KinSliirA Aiifi I^JHrJlfrlrttl ' »i' ' *' . \ Wide legislation to encourage m- ' / The National Industrial Conference (1928), promoted by Mr. Coates. 1 lllttll^C ailU i aAailUll dividual ownership. Old system of purhas brought a greater understanding between employers and employees. Coates Administration has maintained the National Finance, of the Itnoortant Ch ? 3 ? of C ? own Lands has been super- ' Both Primary and Secondary Industrie- .have received sympathetic con- 1 countr y on a sound basis that has won the approbation of the London jui^wiumi ■ *eded ; now purchaseable under more «deratiort and the Customs Tariff brought down and passed by the Goates fi nanc iers and established the credit of New Zealand on an equality with Agricultural attractive conditions on amortization m Government was recognised to be the most statesmanlike and soundest that of the Mother Country with nllher vast resources; The £5,000^000 \ ... . , 34| years ( 1 926). Right of re-valuation ( fevision ever framed m this Dominion. loan raised this year was subscribed six-fold and quoted at a premium Legislation I to occupants of Crown Grazing Runs and THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGS DONE. within a day of flotation. „ ' Settlement Lands (1927). The Public Debt of the Country has received great consideration. ' I , W^ aa * '^Y^.^** • • D flM ' AM(! a«rl Q^^;«l W rt l£<»*.« particularly that part of the Debt that is unproductive. Realising that.it ' r •- ■ under the General Tariff Revision ( 1 927), renSlOnS anCt OOCial Weltare is the unproductive debt which handicap. . •,■.••..■.■ ■**»S,^ of t8 »* according to the TT has been the Coate. Government*, policy to continue the splendid,- I T-— —"I a nation, the Coate. Adminiatration ha. ■ Ac^^l^wiTFVtnizer^ Fungicides Insecticide* "" " " „ 1 humanitarian- and ! social work of the Reform Party. Tt.>toi*% m ... redeemed this portion of 'the PuW^ Debt Noxio^f W «d , Sect Slau^ter^nd WectKn and" Sttk "hi"' betom. s, ' , this direction — the Family Allowance — was quickly brought into practical 1 i«l%tmr by £6,554,039 m three years. Ihe War rsowou. w a r shape, and mUs first year of operation carried £37.514 into the home, of -l-lsW«r Debt has been reduced by,£3,000,54 1. the laW ', „;,•„ sne ciarc6nsideration ha. been «iven to the interests of - , Uje workers This Act. which'Wrly represent, the sympathetic view whi.h .- Taxation tkoH oHnteVeV, ' ' ' v ' Mr. Cbate, has always taken m respect of the struggles of- the family man . . Bon d. and St ock falling due or coming j?^ the m ".of hardship. The Coates Government forced this problem . . and hw wife m poor 05 restricted Australia I into th e op«j »»«k?^ . . ; , mounte|! bojdly. doing justice to the men eveh though the loss ran into several - _. circumstance, assure, an o \, . „. . ;.. >" '926 J«»»i« n par. head amounted JJ „ , r 2/- per week fqr each child m exce.s of " „ ' ' • /l 2 5, 6d and m 1 928 it Ka. reachedTfe In the three year. 1926-1927-1928 the State Advance, to Farmer.. *- r • ,. Humanitarian £ 'pat^ H™""* ° , > : : 2L£ZS«g. &"&* If Yu'fu.fl « d L - d B °^ h^^ ail^cord. The total advance, . me parenw aoes not . exceed XI, -] mt . nt C. U r*« »v.il«Me show that the Taxation D«tr head m at low rates of interest during that period amounted to.the large sum of . . ■ Achievements! a^= J! o,] 6 a^'p^^^ AtJfc,^^ VCS 1 n^°£J^ fIS L7KWJS«J- V^-^^^^t^o^^U,^^^°i^ * way. ' He7e are -ome of the chaLw understood or properly appreciated. If the charge, arising out of our advanced under the Intermediate Credit Act. , - ' shYwlng the ge^ro's improvements'-l 8 .War obli t ation. P ar ? . excluded the taxation per head of the population THE COATES GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THINGSJDONE. .'CT^^ ' * „'"