BUSINESS REVIVING

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2233, 20 August 1914, Page 4

BUSINESS REVIVING

[" TEMPORARY SCARE,AT AN END. j. One of the best-known commercial ;0 travellers in New Zealand, who repre;o sonts a big English house that mauug factures tweeds, dress stuffs,- etc., it speaks most reassuringly of-- the pros- . i 6 pefits of trade. During the past week r- he had visited several places, and inter--0 viewed iriany olients, and in no case' t was tho amount, of his order reduced ir owing to the war. Indeed,' one ..big t client' in Napier had increased his order H by 25 per cent. Our informant states e that he has received cable messages 0 from headquarters at Home to the efy feet that there will be no difficulty in j- executing orders, and none iii delivering them. Tho fact that the war risk has dropped right down to 3 per cent.,' j indicates that trade'is rapidly returning • to .-normals ; • , J '"I know," said our informant, "there are some travellers who are going about saying that they cannot get orders, and asking what is the_ use of calling .-on £ clients. Why, very attitude is bound to depress the client-, and is rea|T soft enough for .him to close down on orders. On my experience, I should 6ay that somo'of tho houses are feeling the pinch largely-: on account of the attitude assumed by their travellers. If a man goes with a long face, :aud au 'I-supposc- you - haven't - any-ojders -inf. these-times' expVession, he is'going . * to get exactly what he is looking for—' 1 nothing. \\Tiy, this'is the time to jump in, with all the travellers for German i, * and Austrian stuff well settled. This r is where the English manufacturer gets . a little of his own back, and time,'too." s » " 1 f The terrors of tho "roadless north" F and the expense of journeymg from r Auckland to Christchurch did not deter . a North Auckland farmer from coming ' down to Christchurch to fight .a claim against him, in which tho disputed ; .amount was a shilling, say®' tho-Christ-i church "Press." The case was called , , on at the Magistrate's Court on MonI day, and the solicitor for the defendant remarked that his client had preferred- appearing ,in person in Chrjst- ' church to having his evidence taken in the north,'although considerable'persuasion had been used-' A further adournment was necessary, and all efforts to settlo the claim Jiad been unavailing, said counsel, as defendant was determined to fight. " A good start was made yesterday afternoon to prepare ground for the planting of about one and 'a half acres ia potatoes, on the section of the Town Belt at the top of Jlein Street.. It "is proposed to plough up about one and a quarter acres, the remainder to he trpiicheu with a spade. The Newtown School children have taken up the proposal, and their small donations of - seed are likely to make a respectable total. Sir. Parkinson has one bag seed promised, and other donations will bo much appreciated. . Any Hgwtowu citizen who has an' hour or two to spare is invited to aasist in the work -oi tho plan!inc.