BRITAIN PROSPEROUS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1929, Page 6

BRITAIN PROSPEROUS

MR CHURCHILL’S CLAIM. (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyrigb 1.1 OTTAWA, August 20. Speaking at Winnipeg. Mr Winston Churchill was optimistic concerning the present status of the British Empire, The Mother Country, he said, regardless of the opinion held by many people, was not flown and out. Britain was steadi!v growing ’in wealth, health,-power and education. There never was a time of such prosperity. He asserted that there was unemployment, but, summing up the pessimistic reports on the situation, he said: “There is nothing which should lead ,anyone to believe these reports are true. The miners are. a symbol of the power of our race, man power and endurance. ’ The dole/ he described, in the words of Mr J. IT. Thomas, as “the most . perfect scheme for the support of the unemployed in any state or. country.’’

CANADA’S PURCHASES. BRITISH MINISTER’S COMMENT. MONTREAL. August 21. In an interview . here, Rt Hon J. A. Thomas, Lord Privy Seal, said that Canadians might derive considerable satisfaction from the knowledge that they would be making a considerable contribution to the alleviation of the suffering and misery among Britain’s unemployed bj purchasing a larger proportion of their requirements from that country. “We buy fifty per cent of your wheat, and it is not given to us either. On tlie other 'hand, you are buying three times as much from the United States in raw and manufactured products as you are purchasing from ns. If our people’s spending power he increased, it .would mean mucli towards the solution of our greatest problem.’’ Mr Thomas intimated that lie had -had a conference with tho Dominion Cabinet at Ottawa during his stay, at Ottawa, on tlie subjects of emigration, empire economic conference, and better trade relations within the Empire, and Jie considered that satisfactory progress had been nmdo.