IS MONEY SO PLENTIFUL?

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1014, 2 January 1911, Page 4

IS MONEY SO PLENTIFUL?

PRIME MINISTER IN CHEERFUL . YEIX. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchurch,- January I. "I'hope in the course of the next feif days," said Sir Joseph Ward, during an interview here, "to-Hbo ablo to give onfc tho revenue returns for the nine months ending December 31. '■ So far as I can judge, from incomplete figures,, tho. re-, venuo for the period will bo a record for Now,. Zealand." ' ' He added that, in travelling through tho country, he had been struck with the remarkable signs of prosperity, and anticipated that it would be found that a greater number of people" had travelled last year than in any previous year. It also struck him' thr»t, from a business standpoint, this Christmas season would prove a rccord one, The cry that the Government policy was driving-money out of the country was refuted by the: fact that,"at present, money was plentiful, and there was. nothing, in his opinion, to justify pessimistic views as to the future prospects of the Dominion. He hoped to be back in Wellington in ten days. Ho had received numerous invitations to, visit different parts of the Dominion, amj expected to be able to. make a tour of tha country before leaving for England, ano deliver political addresses,' " \