j THE BUDGET AND SOLDIEES' SETTLEMENT, 1 Sir Joseph Ward, ;:i discussing the : aw Budget proposals, which embodied an amount of £21« r 325/X ,f > for soldier.*’ settlement, gratuities, and Expedition* ary Force expense*, said: “This country could not stand twenty-nine millions, less the amount of the acetu&a----kite-I surplus which m* to be taken, being put on the local market. 'Financial people would tell,to-day that there was as uns-ißiagric-ss on the part of investors to subscribe to the Victory Loan.” And ret, in spite of this evident uawiliißgac-M to m»b the Victory Loan the Moderate League, backed by the Trade, are urging, upon the r,tsblie -State purchase of the liquor bu.-ire*-, which. if carried, would involve the raising or another flO/tOCU W> to S.l'tJmt/PjVi' 7(i vote the ■ ibaf«e«,s : oat altogether it the surest tray or jseetrriflg the soldier hi* due. The Trade is dbneersed only about feathering, its own nest arid retiring La affluence at the country’* expense.
Woods' ©real Peppenautt Csb®, Foi Cbicuic Ckej|. Coaplaiais.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OTMAIL19191003.2.7.4
Bibliographic details
Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 3 October 1919, Page 2
Word Count
166Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 3 October 1919, Page 2
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Otaki Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in