CORRESPONDENCE.
A GOVERNMENT'S CONSISTENCY.
To the Editor. Sir,—Since the Government lias fixed the price of butter and levied a tax of 3d per lb. on all butter-fat supplied to factories, I would like to know if the following par from an Australian paper is correct: "They are so sure war profits are immoral that one after another Government is passing Bills to collar thorn, yet while it, too, is declaring that no man should make money out of the great national disaster, the Maoriland Government lias greased its fattest servants with rich war bonuses. Triggs, of the Public Service Commission, who get* £IOOO a year, has grabbed £2OO extra; Salmond, Solicitor-General, £1250 per annum, is to have £125 more; Valintine. Inspector-General ot Hospitals, who draws £BSO. gets away with £125; Collins, Auditor-General, and Campbell, Secretary of the Treasury, with .31000 a year a-piece, receive £IOO. These are only a few of the many who have been given war profits by a Government who says there should not be any."—l am, etc., RENOWN. Opuna-ke, October 19.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1916, Page 7
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175CORRESPONDENCE. A GOVERNMENT'S CONSISTENCY. Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1916, Page 7
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