STABLE FINANCE
SIR JAMES GUNSON AT TAUPAKI “Reform finance had been sound and stable and it had merited the country’s gratitude,” Sir James Gunson told a large audience at the Taupaki Town Hall last evening. Mr. R. Glasgow presided. The Government had been accused of responsibilitj* for heavy taxation. As a matter of fact, the taxation in 1913 was £8 2s 6d a head. Taxation as the result of the war amounted to £3 7s lOd. Excluding the taxation due to the war, the increase under Reform was 6s 3d a head. The electors’ choice must be the party with the best performance to its credit. The Reform Party had been responsible for much humanitarian legislation. Of the soldiers who went overseas, 20,500 were now* drawing war pensions, this being equal to one in every five of those who served with the New Zealand forces. A total of £2,500,000 was disbursed annually in pensions, including old age pensions, widows’ pensions and others. Sir James said he realised there were many hardships existing in areaadjacent to the cities. He was in s>*mpathy -with any schemes which would distinguish ebtween rural and urban rating.
A vote of thanks and confidence was carried unanimously.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 499, 31 October 1928, Page 10
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201STABLE FINANCE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 499, 31 October 1928, Page 10
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