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“GET TOGETHER”

PUTTING SOUTH ISLAND ON MAP An exhortation to the people of Otago in ’ particular and the South Island in general to get together and stick together to put the South Island on the map was made by Mr S. G. Holland, Leader of the Opposition, during the course of im address at the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Dunedin Manufacturers’ Association on Monday night. So far as those in the North Island were concerned, he said, the. South Island barely existed. Mr Holland lengthily traversed the growth of secondary industry in the Dominion over recent years,, the work it had done during the war years, and also touched upon what was required in the post-war years to follow. There would be many problems to face, , he told the gathering, and it was up to them now to get busy and start planning, not to wait until the victory was won and then ask the Government to do something. If they always went to the Government for assistance, could it be wondered ■at that State control crept in. _ Where Governments had to’ expend public money assisting industries it was only logical that they would retain a measure of control. Personally he believed in the free competitive spirit and the private ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange. . At the outset of his address Mr Holland paid a tribute to the Dominion manufacturers for the part they had played in the war. They had brought about a veritable industrial revolution. From sheer necessity they had adopted mass methods of manufacture, for the war had brought out all the initiative and inventiveness of the people. Mr Holland declared his faith in New Zealand and its future.- The country held prosperity for all who were prepared to work. He had a profound faith and confidence in the working men end women of the Dominion. Speaking of the post-war period, Mr Holland said many people thought there was going lo he a short cut to prosperity, hut there was none. They thought debts would he wiped out and that there would be world-wide pi'osperitr, but such a state could not he brought about, without hard work. There would bo a need for more employment, and manufacturers would have to provide the machines to make the extra goods to provide for that state of prosperity. They should all preach the gospel of hard work. Speaking of the country’s needs in the matter of imported raw material, _Mr Holland said it was essential to maintain a balance between the farming and industrial communities, for it was from the 95 per cent, of the produce of tke farmer that came the revenue to purchase the raw materials we required. There had to he a proper balance between town and country, and this would' mean a -balanced economy. The interests of the two were identical and inescapable. - The need for increased population was also referred to by Mr Holland, who said that we would have tens of thousands of people from the storm centres of the world wishing to make a fresh start in life. We would have to plan for a bigger population, for the Dominion should carry, at least .5,000.000 people, Dunediu at least 150,000. We had a duty to posterity to people the country. He had been dismayed to see the land on the way down in tha train becoming overgrown with gorse Tf we could not develop it, was it to be won-, dered at that the Japanese thought they could make a better ioh of HP

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Evening Star, Issue 24325, 14 October 1942, Page 2

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“GET TOGETHER” Evening Star, Issue 24325, 14 October 1942, Page 2

“GET TOGETHER” Evening Star, Issue 24325, 14 October 1942, Page 2

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