MORE PEOPLE NEEDED.
The need for increased population in New Zealand was stressed by, the Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister for Public Health, in Wellington. “We want more popuation in this country,” said the Minister. “After the war wo will have an increased national debt of £100,000,000 and we will have a pension bill of about £2,000,000 annually The proper way is to raise our own population. I have figures to show that if the birth rate in 1886 had been maintained, w y e would have had 240,000 more people in New Zealand to-day. The shrinking birth rate has two aspects, economic and moral. The moral aspect can be loft to ministers of religion. As for the other aspect, the State must realise that the population has its economic value. Then the State must assist by direct cash allowances to every working man bringing up a family. If we are to have a healthy population we must arrange that no man or woman is too poor to get proper medical attention. I want to see a separate staff of doctors in all hospitals to attend to this.” ■
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Taihape Daily Times, 21 August 1918, Page 6
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188MORE PEOPLE NEEDED. Taihape Daily Times, 21 August 1918, Page 6
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