PRESS COMMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1927, Page 4

PRESS COMMENTS.

We netil population for the progress of the Dominion, hut ill present circumstances additions must be of the best typo and regulated according to industrial demands. If wo are to assim-

ilate a continuous How of immigrants work must be provided for them, and one way of doing that is by encouraging our own industrial development. For, after all. the secondary industries provide the most employment, and their prosperity would give opportunities for absorbing a large proportion of the new arrivals. C!u isthcurch “ Press.”

It has been claimed by some of the leaders of the dairy industry in Australia that there should be no diilieulty in bringing about co-operation with Xeiv Zealand, Canada, and Denmark in respect to marketing butter abroad. This is a large order, and it is doubtful whether an agreement between the countries could he reached, or whether Australia and New Zealand louhl arrange an agreement which would have the effect of lessening the competition on the Home market.—.Wanganui “ Herald.”

Greater production per man, per acre, and per animal can only be attained by closer occupation of the land, more intensive cultivation, and a selection of the best class of dairy stock, which means cows that will produce the largest amount of butter-fat without entailing a corresponding increase in cost of keep. The point of the whole proposition rusts in the more .complete utilisation of the resources which Nature has provided. Our rich lands must he used and not abused. They must he made to produce in all their possible abundance. In a word, the safety and future prosperity of New Zealand cannot lie secured by any other means than close settlement of its arable lands by an industrious popula-tion.—-Onmuni '* .Mail.''