JRE-SESSIONAL ADDRESS
In the course of an address to his constituents at Te Pai on Friday evening, Mr. F. F. Hockley, M.P., took a statement that farmers went in too freely for motor-cars, telephones, electricity and radio. The last-named, he said, might be dispensed with, but the other three were essentials in these days, and not luxuries. Unduly high charges by the commercial community were responsible for the hard times experienced by the primary producers. The merchants could reduce prices and auctioneers work on a smaller commission. Touching on finance, he said although the State Advances Board had invested £ 33,145 j 204, the amount was not enough, anid applications are now in for £ 2,000,900. The Government could not get nioney for rural advances from England, as financiers preferred to lend to local bodies. He opposed any increase in the Customs tariff affecting, the farmer
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 75, 20 June 1927, Page 9
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