HARD TIMES COMING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 194, 25 January 1915, Page 2

HARD TIMES COMING.

NEW SOUTH (wALES PROSPECTS ' By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Sydney, January 23. Mr. Harper, Chief Commissioner of Railways and Tramways, speaking at the Railway Institute, said that the peoplo of New South Wales had hard times before them. The last half-year had not been as bad as the next might he. The railway revenue lias been tolsteral up by serving stock traffic. This would cease, and they were faced with an expenditure of £250,000 and a loss of £300,000 for the carriage of non-existent wheat. During the last three months there was a decrease of seven millions in the tramway passengers. He added that probably this was a gloomy view of the situation, but he took it advisedly in order to show the people the conditions that were existing.

A CHEERIER MINISTER. NO NEED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. Melbourne, January 23. Tn reply to a depiittit'u i from un employed bricklayers, the PostmasterGeneral, whilst sympathising, said that the Federal Government was paying out enormous sums. "For the life of me," he continued, "I cannot see why there is so much unemployment. It only shows that private enterprise has completely broken down." He was satis'fied that many firms wese putting off men w:ili ; .-.ufc justification. The assets of Australia were as good as ever.) Cabinet had gone as far as it possibly could. At the beginning of the war it seems that many commercial men simply went out to grab everything.