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-^^^^ T^^Bsg§^^BJS^lßß^^^j i. _• m >tv |iii\ Till? pMPIRF From the Rt. Hon. SIR JAMES CRAKf« Bart. 7^v"il I s>'>*^ -^S^^^^X B i*^ |[| 'B I/^ NEW ZEALAND AND *«" I«™rii\E prime Minister of Northern Ireland. I YmMmA Vl\ \ \WV . State for Dominion Affairs and the Colonies. VgßsaEsH/ WHITEHALL, ©.Wt, within the Empire. It is a laudable ana necessary WlffffWktmHß- / lill\\'fcAA A'hWWv •,., * „,,., nnnnlation \3*?F3SS-3E^ • . ■ . » effort to counteract erroneous impressions that have [///' A tS/llllnWtf/ IIUVVft ES^A'W \f BW ZEALAND, with a far greater population N^~^.! been spread abroad to the effect \ ut> as a result of ft kl^Y//lIIW//i \l of British origin per square mile of territory post-war conditions and other Ml W'///////////////A \xNSiS&i{((uU/A than any other part of the overseas Empire, is frnst that a. full mpasure Of qnpppqt! will reward HbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH recent events, the Old Country VWf^JII 11111 J /=2 the most remarkable example of the success of out I trUSt that a fUll measure Or SUCC6SS Will rewara _ is "down and out^' WB'////J ' ttt J^V^^MME race in the work of colonisation If the same ratio the movement Qf „T he Even ing POSt" for the increase ,Of H^BB «iffil'ta-tLefortheS WFjW^^A if^^^-V^VV^Vp per square mile could be reached in all the Overseas , shalling of those qualities which W////^^^^sS\ Dominions, the British Empire would have an addi- British trade With the Dominion. Lbbbbbbbbbbbbb^LH have helped Britishers in the RBg^lS^SS \\s Sf i/A^Z _\ TOi>\q tional seventy million inhabitants of white race, and . . pastj the exerc j se o f which is EjWiwfigSV. JWYyuttlE aHW/^^^SfcvNKvl "■ total white population greater than that of the M^bbbbbbbßH going to help her to emerge mffl WEzE^BSzwulP 3||ffP^yy^. cßfl United States of America. That would mean an in- r^g industries Of the Home UOUlltry have need tO-day W|i|^HH successfully, and stronger than W^^^T^^¥~ sES-^^^^^^^VffM calculable increase of its security and of its prosperity. # HlH^^H ever, from the trials with which gJregmVr —;—^^S^T ; of all the sympathetic aid that our partners in the L^bbk s^Lbbbbbbl she has been beset. , ■ : ~*^^>^J^/ k IMMBHBW^BHW|j|BIB Empire can give to meet the difficulties arising from bbbbbHbbbbb^H with the rest °f the United 177I 77 1 : . - r^ ■^jffiS) " BBBBBBBBBBBBbH^BBBH nß^om' has undergone a | , '< " -"- ; = 2^^^lJ \ the W°rld War* Th°Se indUStrieS Still SUPreme ln .^.^H rdtheloilfofLrTeX One ! rfoQottl" 1"";^ =" / • = W^QM 'l the quality of their products but suffer from the loss ■■■ SfS^tZSTSF* : = I'* AMm \ H "IHVI of many foreign markets. Greater Britain can do much to l-llaP^Ss = ' : —^.^4 1/^/?*^ " bbbbbbß j 4.1- -U -i~~~ n >S*LX world-wide influences beyond her control, but these, ■ If ' O^ " : fuE*fV//~Ji - bbbbbbW ' redreSS trie Daiance. AA\ iam happy to say, have not shaken the foundations \ /^s/^ - p I JKL^^jpm^ " IbbbbbbbK* *if« y*^ \a fi of Ulster's world-famed industries nor weakened their ; f //„ m / Esjfff/ I• • E l/jiaßi^*—^ft ; Ibbb^bbbbiL #^'^I^BBBBBBBBBB^^HBB a A*^"7i - />• sVF^ollM-*r~ ' ne people of Ulster, like the people of New Zea- ■ V / f^Mwrg - ' F Qfsf^^ '■ I^bbbbbbbH C^J^BBBBBBBBBBraaBBB^BBB » / o\/**^&j * land, are fortunately not a race easily depressed, ; /, (_ jlWTfi Z > E T^r ' Ibbbbbbbbbbbbbl "^^b^bbbbbbbbbblb^bbbbbbbbb l/ith Tuna IQ9R A - content to meet these bad times with folded arms : i L ~-r/" // " F - D^^i : IbbbbbbbbbbM iqx.n dune, xa«JP -y , bemoaning their fate. V=^^^L> <%*_ ff f Sj£i '■ Jj"~TJrS^it / I^^^HB ' They have been wisely looking ahead and planning dS\^^-~j^^^Z</CgZ } \V «^^W2TI!^J/|| I^^^^^^K '^^■^^ y^^^Hßß f°r that future prosperity which they know is coming, jiviVr*!^^*" ~ "^^ crT i" I "Z^^^SPT/Im : Ibbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl ,2k ' IbbbbbbbbbbbH when they will be able to take their place.with their sJw\\ V^V^"^"" IZ«r TTn^y^y^//// IiBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBi J^bbV. I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hl IBBBBBBBBBBBBBiBHBHBBBiiHBBBBBaBBBBBBiBIBBn . fellow-countrymen at home and overseas in the van of 3NvvVv\v\^\ (id a^b^V \ XW^\\\\\\\ V// IlllE BSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbMH^^BBBBBBBBBbH HBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHiJBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBI JpjBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbH World Commerce. 11M I3i ■■i {luußllll ,Y/ //f'l I^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbL^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbl iBBBBBBBBBBBBBBP^I^^iIiBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBi h^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH The industries of Ulster, whether it is in shipbuild- \v «J^S|! ,'' I 1111/nr II jV/ y>^*"S IBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBIBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbI ' BBBBBBBBBBBBBW^ ' BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBIpR^P^Ii^BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBM ing Or linen—to mention but two of our famous manu- ' \\V^S. \S> /lE ■ Y ?Sg I //// s^^^ bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbklbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl rbbbbbbbbbbbV • Ibbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbß: factories—are ready to play their part whenever Vcc^i \\\ 1 ~j/fy ss/s y^^ "*~~" bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl dbbbbbbbbbbb) >^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbh IbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV^^ opportunity offers in contributing a full share in the l(II^-\v& vSSv^sv j 1 / //////////C^ BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB^BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl! HBBBBBBBBBIf ' '^BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBH BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBK restoration of British Trade and Commerce. imVYV VK«vW ' ' , V'/// /////f/yyy^fi/rffm I^bbbbbbbbb " ■<a*-" "'^lbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV iey can '"PPI7 much that the Empire needs, and l\\\\\wO\ Xvw\jxji. . ' \f////^\\- -^^&ffl¥s\ bbbbbbbbbbbk "^Wfc * -^- ■*-. '" rctuTn tney can take much that the Empire can I PflWMrTMnvTil 11 llnccvvv \/M\ \M\\ 'H 11 mJF^ ti^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bl *^PLi.'''"'' 7s^bbbbbbbb bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV Ulster's trade, now aS always, is part and parcel of ctTb 111 I rlpUL""""^^ r/ll N N Vm^ejA 1J Nor has New Zealand, in attaining numbers, sacri- Ji*3ij£? if&t' BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbH Ttt^H the trade of the whole Empire, and both her Govern- mtfiHd^S^Jl * ' TOU'tlSw^ IS ' ficed quality. There is no better type of the British '-ffl&P*- 1 "i^bbbH WJI '^bbbbbbbbbbbbbH JlbbH men* and her peat indurtnalestabhshmenU are IHW^^^Y ' tPflSS^i^ racethan that found in New Zealand: no type which HP|: -^ t^bbbbbbbbbl JEK , , I^ibbl ''lISS^'SISS'S. ™^ML^,?^' IS.W^? »"' IBl^ »;'■ ■ ■TV PtelWrlT IKM reproduces with more fidelity the racial qualities of LbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV "tSK^^-^iJ^BBBBBBBBI 4p* LbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHbW" ibbbH respective spheres to cut out the foreigner and to pro- M if? V ) -^*—-^T ' t^rßSSt-'ES enterprise and of tolerance; no type in which the E &i#^ i i^H bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbEL ' mote the development of more mtimate commercial R|U»-tK^^Vi : MlwiHSli-J^ genewl standard of comfort is better maintained. Sr relationships between all parts of the Emp.re. X^^T^^^A §r?>^S£]&£sJE * What is the explanation of the special degree of ij^ij^ijK ~^flr .^bbbbbbbbbbbb! M# BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbSB^ Ibb^BbH . New Zealand and Ulster have many things in com- -^ZsZA success achieved by the British race in New Zealand? IbbbbbbbbbbbH W^l pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbP* bbbbbbbbbH mon, as. I well know from conversations I have had In what proportion that success may be attributable SP BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbKT - IBBBBBBbHI Wlth. the Mc Mr- Massey> "V distinguished fellow- fZ^^ZfffiWN /lrnij^7~T7^//^^S^ to the group system of colonisation carried out at the bbbV^bbbb^lßßßߥ bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHbbW. * c°T t n. ym.?u' , ,„ . . , i'l liwll) \\\\\W\)M////,;Zzk prompting of that splendid penitent, Edward Gibbon HIij^H^iBB^BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBH ,A bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbK' Bbbbbbß It» within our power, each and aU of us, great and < yfg^ AMi^W/// llulOivT^al Wakefield,. and in what proportion to the natural jß^Hjß^^^^^^H 'iffi .I^bbbbbbbbbV "^which vl'tke soTffyVpnde " " iß&tTwtittlllll ! XV^^\ Wmfli I SlH^^^^^^^^l W J^^H compoSent'parts oljL British Emp?™ifaooT? \ 'wWfyA ' B^VmV W/y/y/^ of the country-the fact may be noted that the British '^pbbb^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl *^ EbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH uSrstandiniil^^ft ta e^f JellloiisiS* /yW^i^ ;: par Stne Sr ish%%or?he Vlwork Vof cSing JbsHbb^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHi b^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbT'^^bbb^bbbbbbbbbbbbb! e h«^^'^®'" M"^^^*°««*" ««« //r^^^SNE and-as a proof that the system of colonisation was . jHi^^^^^^^B^ B^bbbbbbbbb^bbbbbbl asp.rat.ons are broad and generous; we long for cor- } Wfflr^Z3H ;'!l' U((/^=^$^E a good one-and has brought the characteristic British 'J^^^^^^^^^^T^ \ Ibbbbbbbbbbbßbbbbbbbbbl \b^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl P»rate prosperity, with Ulster pulling her weight 'f^M^^^^t. political virtues to the Antipodes—the fact that the [^^^^^^^^^M^^^^^^^^bbbl Ibbbbbb^BBBBBBBBBBBbBs^BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbII W '^f]7^^^^^^S> ' ' , jJ^|> .. ->JW*!\^\) colonists very SOOn made plain their intention to I^BBBBIBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBb!! A I feAPilZig^^fjft^^ A =it '-i-^'A I manage their home affairs in their own way, and not Abb^Hibbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH Ibbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb^bbbbbbbbbbbbbl I /f \ - H to be kep.t in leading strings either by officials or by Iv^HHbbHbbbbbbbb^lbbjbßbßbbbbßßßbßl Is^eSbSbbbbbbbbbbbbkßsbßHblbbSsSbßl f*m Y4* * t^^^^s\\\>G4 * = I \l \/ Jt\\ Wakefield. . / Ou^U\jL9 >Oj* OUut* ; = -^ "^H/^^'E The value of New Zealand as a partner in the " - T^»- *~"j. TEI I WJ^AUrRV/ - V -II Empire does not end with the proof she provides that ol^ Tfflk. \MUil\ V4 Bil/// = 5* A. : much closer settlement of the overseas territories EMPIRE TRADE. ■B*^*' 31 IBV\"l^\\lnWVy " M ~ under the British flag is possible without lowering . I A^\V ~C&SeJI///// i^^ftlJM .S^otl^^Bf^So^St^S^' It is very i»portant that Ne W Glanders should recognise that th« -^^\m ' ~ ®f*^»ll 11^1 =II own territor>> has> none the less> been alwavs a stal~ principle of purchasing from British sources those goods which we must From Hon. A. D. McLEOD. M.P., Minister of I ESi^^^|= ■^i^J n ß^^^W^ l^^ e'a t f^ .import is sound from the point of view of the nation and the individual. Industries and Commerce. I|^>tf2?% pSSfTji (p . y Pll = shown far-sighted patriotism and ungrudging willing- yet, when we contrast the extent to which the Dominion relies on Great . WELCOME the opportunity of'expressing my I }• ll ./.. iBI "Tn^radfand production policy New Zealand has Britain and the Sister Dominions in the disposal Of its produce,^ with I appreciation of the efforts being made to en- I^^^^^ /I HII I l-—-^^ r y|| VU developed so soundly her natural resources that the the degree to Which it draw 3 it3 imports therefrom, we find that, courage trade within our Empire. N ll 1111 y£?G f\ \l external trade per.head of; populationlis greater than whilst the. Value Of Our exports to these Countries is more than Six BbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV The reasonable economic de- 11 111 V/ „»r" 11l that of any other country in the world. The quantity . . r ■ . . . ,^^^^^^^^^H velopment of our Dominion will U s>t^*vv^^^Ss 111 AWlftfi I0 I' I 1 and the quality of this Dominion's primary products times that to foreign Countries, the Value Of the imports is less than c"tamlv bring about an> in- H -aT^^V n IJJ*| Il|a ,H I prove the vigour and intelligence she has devoted to three times. . Viewed from another standpoint New Zealand finds a market HPt^l^bbbl creas! n&, local production of N 1^ Vl JB^Bflll ' lOJ f I the cultivation, of the soil. Also she has recognised *.'-,„ * *i. *■■***■' *> * BBB¥^«*t«riBBBBBBB certain classes of manufactured N M^^^Sl ss'6'*' I A both the wisdom and fairness of maintaining the prin- outside the Empire for 13 per cent, of her exports, and from foreign gooas ' ana lt is ' m everjr way R !a^ rrS^iiff arTO^saWf J/77W n ciple of family sympathy in trade relations. The bulk Countries She purchases 27 per cent. Of her imports. Cannot these BBWfissPr desirable that increased produc- t\\V\\\<S^>£B^^te= IWmSmmiM i^p^A^et^^oftoSaTS^ comparative figures be improved? . ' T^TZ^Zoo^X —-*l*^**" "^i'/////f/Il ht\ preference helps the Home Country to be credited *„_,._ • ■ _, •. *. * bK.I(jK '^BBBBBBBH Moreover, Dominion manufac- vSSSSxw^f^' -»^^t r^-N XW'B ith nearly °^e-half of her total imports, and as .■ Any concerted effort which aims at encouraging and stimulating K!^bbb^bbbbl| ture increasing with, and at the BSw/^s «MI if f/^^X'/f/1/fr^\ British exports to the Dominion are chiefly of fully trade within the Empire is deserving of commendation; and it is a IbbbbbbbW^^bbbbbbbl same time brin 8inK about, in- E^v\/^^^MlJlill m^mM^M W&A^SLS VbM "«ea of gratification to know that the New Zealand Associated Press are I^^^H tTe 0 Sft^iff *£S Bl\\R%csll<'H\SJ w it is of a piece with the settled policy of the Do- taking-action in this direction. By educating our citizens to a fuller Ibbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbw products. V/ /flVUlXillvv^C^^ Y-Faifi/ffh IJlfl' A\\Vft \N minion that a group of her great newspapers should ' . .. _. t i nn ,i advantaffP? n f o<Trin» nr«f«rM(>B to With the growth of the Do- 1////li^\\\\\\\Wv^lV Wy/////h lII '/A\\W\\\\l now be undertaking a movement further to advance realisation or the great national advantages Of giving preference to H^bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl minion's population and produc- I i\l\\\m\ V l/l/l/ia l/111l A\\\\\ V British trade, showing again that New Zealand believes British Countries for Our imports and Concentrating Still further on ■bbbß^bHbbbbbßD tion there must go a correspond- L/ |j|(|\\MM\ \v\\WK I lIHIdI/l Hill flUllW that British interests are New Zealand interests. The -Rriti«sh marVpts for our pvnnrt «s the nevsmnprs with their influence ing increase in the total require- 11 I' IM. )NKiX)\\\X \ IV 'Him II British manufacturer has at present a half share in British markets for Our exports, the newspapers, With their influence me nts of our people. In fulfilling those requirements , iIMvSJSiV'V^ Mill/ 1 I 111/'/^-W\\ the Dominion's market. There is no reason why that in moulding public opinion, are performing a valuable Service. There there must always be a necessity for large importations Ijb^Z!2?*BoJßN\ \vvx Wt///'S:^~rS share should not be largely increased if our exporters i 3 no more useful medium than trade intercourse for maintaining healthy of goods winch cannot reasonably be procured or made Kv^"- : 111111 ¥//ly\y^=s^<S^ will show the necessary energy and enterprise. Their ° within the Dominion. P/^iv« \^NA\\ 111 IW/yVS~- V^ rCSfll efforts should be encouraged by the knowledge that relationship between the different parts Of the Empire and for pro- The Empire can be maintained and developed only l/i WlH^^ \\ »yJ\yY\ falll 7///y^^/Jim\\Vi they will be sympathetically backed up in New Zea- moting a mutual interest in the Welfare and prosperity Of Our re- by a recognition pf the interdependence of its various llllllllvRw&Ov \« \&'A 111 '/{ //2Ej)J/li\\\ In land, which prefers family trade to foreign trade. . units; production by the people of the Homeland or lvi\\\\\VWX^^\\V ml ID ll E?//'/\\ll) ) I think it is true that there is a full reciprocity of spectlVe communities. . of the Dominions must continue largely to be depen- rM\\\W^^A\ l\ TO I1 // /^^ /fllT^l this family feeling on the part of the Home Country. , '^\* dent upon the existence of satisfactory markets for F^^WvV II I 11/ rr* 'sv/lllllllllr e here watch with sympathetic interest every step IjjP' those products, overseas; to the extent that we can I . yMW 1111l 111 I 111 r r 'n *he progress of New Zealand, and welcome her /""^lw \SC\^9 increase the production and sale of British goods, so I \\\\ vvvxV^^-igi 1111l m 1 111 \^^fj/jjjll'h [- increasing prosperity as a producer, her growing value ' Sfn^' A can we 'ncrease the strength of the Empire and de- I\u\ 1 vVys^3i //)// NWIVmI //111 E as a consumer, her steady success in developing her q /^rStWmf^^Pfy _ - yj/i&^i^V -^ ** j£*' . velop the well-being of its people. ll\\\\\\ \S\?7 I//a/// Itv m' \ /fflll '"' to her products is already of real practical value to <^PtworsSr*^'/25i=i. I^™■■■■■■■""■^"■""■"■"""■■■•■•■^^ x^ 'J^' - 111 I ill r^<<§l /JtJY/' r~ \M /ll I her. I trust the day will not be long delayed when ' /V^V^JI^SJ/MfeS jT^B^^f?!p^ Prime Minister. l^S/LdU&(i |rV>ig<'» yM^J F\Y//!//(/—

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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 59, 7 September 1926, Page 17

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Page 17 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 59, 7 September 1926, Page 17

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