THE SILVER LINING

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 634, 11 October 1909, Page 7

THE SILVER LINING

■.•'' % ;'Commercial outlook^; WM ■' SPEECH BY THE'P^ME\MiN)STEBi: ; 4: "!Bome of the people. 'in-NcirZeatind," fw J marked Mr.' J. G. Harkness at Sir Josoph Wan} on- Saturday. evening, ",faii : U] realise ; that they are indocd' liring 'infii marvollous country." ■' Mr. Harkness went; oi) to_ eay jth'at Tacitua was .credited", With 1 having: said; that the'.multiplication of laws.was'?thu' ."(ne_«SHM-ef. ,; dt»r;-i)f<a-i State;- In- face-ofittir large number' of'stAtute* .ifhieh; it' pofeefesedij Iras not the" Dorriiriiori thbrofofo' a"wondbrfulC : country jsreing, that.Jt still: survived f- '• (Laughs tcr.\_ Lbokins, hbwoyprV ,at; the couhfcry,fronv'. another-.Btendpoint,-it must: b B ', reckoned aj country.; Was there another country which' .exported-mofitly.. the /product , of. its Boil— rate of>C2o per capita yearlyf. He wbnidl IZ L°}° M y, th ?t tlwo wae-not.: And, whaS tpuohed., (Loud applause.)-..1f New; ZcManSi was going to: progress it would liave'to: bor.'i row. No.harm would result, but rather benefit' Kouia be obtained if.tho loans.^3' fidenoo - ; th«W! "'nioa. must cease borrowing. All:ho wbnia. add m.connwtion-witlrthe eubiccl4aa tWm ?te ll' n , j? absolutely necessary that: "jwplo, should do their work well "ami mt i th ?i sa ! n S' foo «M 'ai older and tiiorli favoutttbly situated countries; (Loud applause.):

■ '•. :A: .Bettor^ Fcelirig-.Financial^,■ '*%$\ TnS'^ h w' ? !l po ? J he '■■?%* Joseph Ward declared, that thihus "we're' tin*" very muoh , brighter .in. New °S': &r y is e m % :sc l m,i ; ti >;o : to'>re:.he.went aw«y ■: fmi I month > 8 ?, c ta thopcople, had,.ho con-' (Applause.), There'was a better feeling finVncil' ally now* moru^money'was.'about'and thi.r*' ■hte P< iiP!?TT ho hiad.Eried to create FS T that Z 9 a,and - Wn a in .for S. ! tnac the Dominion was on tho ovb of. a nerinS' of renewed prosperity ..which wvgb'nß't^con*'' hat Sv "i?n5 h T^ d """I"' in viw »f the fact

no _liad. .hewd ■ someone; say that ■'■ Niw"/.. 1 ! wmm mat,mere.was,a.fee ing of vcrv'irreai; fctfnWl J.,™;') , ' f. Mii Old World was: their pluck,'

:-t rVTi-atfa 7*lt h". ■; uii I fed i.Btatos#d CanadbM . ; ■iife^P 11, .* 0 England,' H feil-tb I KIa ' lbt tp;visit.America; and Canada;'HbvTOlghl point out that in both those countries lib'Wund Sl^ desirft,tp. trad^ith;,lN BW T&&-. ..bteps,should,;;he,considered, .be iat: onco-i'tikelli-deflection;, of.'tho 'meat export to", those .countries. :,,:«• that- .were.: done ■it' would- do i lot .towards'relieving, the 'glut; n : fte.nomo markets. Ho>thought that tho'more New-Zealand distributed its exports, the bette'i it.would.be .for,; hof,'.i,Tho:.:pooplo':.ir;..Canada; f*F^P ar fl£» 1 « I y/'.en*"m>» : ,to.'6pon::;up:;:tra:d« > ; '' but the difficulty was that, there Ws no mean"" of. transport between :tho. two countries, r It >ae a. well-known .fact' that ■: the space'"for,' produce'; in; every.; steanier :;rnnniim ■b>t*een 'Austriili** andTancouvftr: was filled ;with iproduco gro*n;i in_ th6-sister .'colonies;;;'-New. Zealand .ought , to'' ■try vand-rget means-.of.- communication ostati.: wiftv Can.ftda.;.--".-;'• '•'■• ".■'•!;' v,\; ■■«..--•,*:•■•■..-. *;..'..v>" ; - : '.•.■..*■■.«•: l^::) : ii->; : -l,- : :> : ..t''^ , ;-. :i i.A.w:-;:t v;;.ThvPrlmo:;M|nißter Roplies , for';us/Vcontinued Sir'joscpht Tabitus (who' has been qubted by Jlr. Harkness)_ is, dead;- All I can. say in regard to his'.' opinion on the multiplication of 'laws', is ftat.i tho absence, of taking.any. necessary cburse'-'for?, tlie purpose-of■■ defending all,portions , of'Wn Empire.,would ,bo;a : ;crimo' sii '. far,as v wo : ;w'et-e"' conccrned.'and.'sp.far aR tho peonlo'.'ofHho'Ol'd'v land wprp.con6erncd:,'rf--6omo'couhtHes which'.' have-decayed;ih.'thopdst'-had' ; 'shewh' ! -this'skme'j intelligence.that Newi-Zealand has displayed; t' don't;.... ''deci/ienco';. : would :-nave 1 ' occurred..'in'connection 'with so'm6 : 'of *■ them.'(Heari'.hear'i)?; \yhat; : *e'.;whnt.'is good govern- i m'enl,' sound gotcrnmwit.'.Rnd;.progressive , gby. , ; .ernmcnt.'.sp.'far 'as-'that .is 'nccessiryi'-. taWsure: thc ; representativts~'.,bf ■'■.• tho ; 'pcople :i anxioiis'to help .to rgctS.what I ■ havei outlined.. Althongh, wo' may. make : mifitakes, iri; tj-ying; ti); ; i assist, we ehoiild aim at'seeing'that thejpeOple. 1 not;:only.ofNpw.Zealand..but.of. the* Empire l , are'placed,in a positionif rom whibli': they, can;, best: work out their dostiny.'ilf ,wc. doVthat, 1 then:we shhH'.in our,day tklid , cencvatibri.hnvel done^something to ensure .ono King, bnoEmpirei-; 'androne- Imperial..fleet in the interests pfuhati Empire,"; ■;(Loud.applause.). .'■ ••■!.■-•■ , ;..; '?:'■?■<■••.