HOW FARES THE COUNTRY?

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 6

HOW FARES THE COUNTRY?

"NEVER MORE PROSPEROUS." ;' " : (By Telegraph.-Pres»'Association,), ~•"■''- Darnavillo, January -i-H/i •■■•■■:.- Tho Prime Minister met with an enthusiastic'reception on his. arrival yester> r .day'evening. Last night ho was: .enter-, ,' tamed at a public "social." r , -,„. .-.- In the course of a speech, he said dim- '. cultics. were rapidly disappearing.so far ■ as local' finance was concerned, but difil-" '•''■, : cully still existed in' regard to loan money .;; which was not con trilled by. local conditions.' He quoted figures, just telegraph- • ed. to himj showing that the revenue for,' 1 the quarter, ended December' 81 increased .by ,£155,592; compnred with the previous • ' corresponding, quarter, while the expenditure decreased by JG4981. 'These figures i indicated a buoyant revenue together with economy ", in expenditure. ; The not gain 1 in arrivals-over departures in 1912 was , 8927, ngdinst 4200, in 1911 and ,3408 in ' 1910. With the exception of; loan money tho Dominion was never in a 1 more prosperous condition than it was to-day.. • -V , Mr. Massey added that the Government ..''' was sttckirig to its : pledges, and was do- ;, - , terraincd to carry them!6ut.-"Ho particularly referred to the freehold policy,'the abolition of\patronagfi'in the Public, Ser- ' ' vice and the elective Upper-House, which '' ! .. reform he hoped to seo.carried next ses- ' . . siqn, or'at anyrate beforo tho end.of'the... present Parliament. - '•-'.' ,';■•;.-;. ••:-\ : . '.■'"'■ .>' .The Prime -Minister, is visiting the Wai- /- -' poua State' Foresti to-day, will receive a 1 • deputation in the evening,'and leaves for - Albertland Settlement Jubilee to-inorrovr. ,