THE Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1881. GOVERMENT LIFE ASSURANCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 155, 24 August 1881, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1881. GOVERMENT LIFE ASSURANCE.

" Words are things, and a drop of ink foiling like dew upou a thought, produces that which inake3 thousands, pcrhups miilions think."

Tins acturinl investigation of the business of the Government Life Insurance Department shortly to be laid hefo^e V-ie] General Assembly shows, wo undcrsiand, very suceesful results m tho wovldug of tlie department, nevertheless a mraibcr of poltcv holdei's hftve recently determined tho,t they ought to have, some voice m tho mn.i)fy;"em ; at With this object a mcoring was conrened ia WeUinstiKi, a f-GH- Jays ago, but one of the snf>:;kcrf! whose zeal entirely outran, his discretion, so.

disgusted the meeting that no resolution was arrived at. This was unfortunato becauso we think, that, although policy hoi dors have little, if any, cause for dissatisfaction with tho present management, nevertheless more confidence would be engendered if some provision wore made enabling members to show more activity and real interest m the affairs of the department than hitherto. The appointment of ofiicors above all thi'\';s should not ho loft entirely m tho hands of the Grovernment. However wi'-c^ul they mny be m the choice of capable men the suspicion tbat a snug berth lias been provided for a friend through political influence can seMom be averted. Aiiempi;s havo frequently been made by disappointed ollice seekers and travelling agents for Life Insurance Companies to damage the reputation of the department by reflecting" upon its exposure to the mobility of political partisanship. Should Government deem it prudent to allow all or a poi'tion of the extra privileges that are asked for we believe that any extra expense incurred with prudence and without extravagence will be more recouped f L'oni the increase m business.