GERMANY COMING BACK

Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1929, Page 5

GERMANY COMING BACK

WHOLE NATION WORKING HARO.

For seven months Mr J. H. Crawford, of Waiuka, was travelling in America, the British Isles, and the Continent of Europe. During his tour, which ended when the Ulimaroa arrived at Auckland from Sydney this week, he spent much time in Germany. “Things are looking very well indeed in that country,” he said. “Everybody appeared to be working hard and going for their lives. Work seemed to be their main object in life. Agriculturally 'Germany is progressing apace along practical lines. Every available acre is under crop, and the whole is being systematically farmed. What impressed me more than in any other country in Europe was the fact that c.ie Germans were working long hours. In the fields more women, young boys, and children were to be seen than anywhere else, and the men appeared to be engaged in factories. Germany is going in for wholesale afforestation. They are utilising all available and suitable spaces—and doing the job well. Economically Germany appears to be sound. She is getting on her feet. It will take a good while, but she is certa'nlv going the right- way about it. Jn Cologne I certainly diet see a little poverty, but nothing to what was to be seen elsewhere in other countries I travelled through.”