CONFIDENCE IN NEW ZEALAND
DIRECTOR OF BRITISH COMPANY WELLINGTON, April 22. Although not noxious to embark on a comparison of Australian and New /'('aland conditions, Air Edward E. Hirst, of Sydney, chairman and managing director of the British General Electric Company, Ltd., in both countries, proved on his arrival by the Alakura on Monday to be a strong advocate for the Dominion. • He ha s an obvious high regard for this country as a place free from extremists and blessed with a sensible population, and is confident that New Zealand will get through the present trying condition much better than most countries, in this connection he mentioned recent improved prices for Dominion products. “New Zealand will come out of all right,” he said. Air Hirst added his voice to those of recent visitors when he said that the All for Australia League was gaining strength in a very hopeful way. The next elections would most assuredly see a change in the central Government. Abolition of State Parliaments if it came at all, would come much later, It is Air Hirst’s intention to make the present business trip purely a flying visit. “On doesn’t like t 0 leave Australia for long,” he said.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1931, Page 7
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202CONFIDENCE IN NEW ZEALAND Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1931, Page 7
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