AUSTRALIA’S BATTLE
NATION TO BE TRIED
AUCKLAND, January 12
“Australia will have to fight her own battles and re-establishl herself in the
eyes of the world before she can hope for financial help from outside, even from Britain,” said the Hon. R. N. Cuthbertson, who was formerly a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and also Minister of Education in the McPherson National Government. AVith his wife and son he arrived by the Niagara this morning. Air and Mrs Cuthbertson are going to tour the Dominion extensively. “The financial world is not altruistic,” added Air,Cuthbertson. “It wants to be sure of its money before it lets it go out of its own safe keeping, and things are not sure in Australia at present.”
| In common with all Australians who ' come to New Zealand, he has faith in the future of his country, but he said that to be optimistic for the. Comnion- ! wealth these days one had to be longsighted. Talk hv the Labour Party of inflation had not helped the flow of 1 outside capita] in Australian invest- | moots. Mr Scullin, if unfettered, was capable of propounding and carrying out a constructive scheme for the country’s good, but Mr Cuthbertson doubted whether he was unfettered. He was hound by the party caucus which, in turn, was influenced by tlie Labour movement outside politics. J “What Australia must do to save herself is common property,” he added. “We must bring down the cost of production'find bf living; and thi? latter ' means the basic wage. What a child
can see tlie Arbitration Corut ha s been debating about for months, and yet there is no finality. Further, the Government seems to he crushing the man the country depends—the farmer. Taxes are going up. He has to pay those, but prices are coming down and nobody has to pay him.” ' Australia’s return to normality would ho a long and painful business/’ Mr Cuthbertson said, during which the quality of the young nation woujtjsji|j6 tried, but he did not think it wQpM’ne found wanting. $
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