A PRESS REVIEW
DEBT TO AUSTRALIA
Onited Press Association —By Electn/ telegraph—Copyright)
(Received this day at 8 a.in.) LONDON, September 20th
The “Daily Express” in a column leader entitled “The Truth About Australia; what she did for the Empire,’' declares here’s a continent whose inevitable development will amply repay whatever money is devoted thereto. What are our banketrs thinking of. Australia, who fought for the Empire tiger-like, presents herself at thencounters. They examine her requests for assistance with a microscope, yet make loans to enemy countries with open hearts and purses. Just let us remember what Australia did in the greatest crisis the Empire ever faced. The debt unrepayable in cash. If every financial obligation were cancelled, we in Britain would still owe our Australian kinsmen a perpetuity of gratitude and admiration for their wn> work. The British public simply won’t stand having Australian problems assessed in cold terms of pounds shillings, and ence.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1930, Page 6
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154A PRESS REVIEW Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1930, Page 6
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