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Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1932, Page 4

The tunco may no', he as lean as they are referred to. often. Then' is an all too ■■.np'irein quietness about industry, lint there are indieiU imis dm posilie.il is being met with resolutions. Tim ' are qumt. L: r ; "s ' I one reason. oeriple aiv '"ore _ saving, and very 'impel!- are more trug.d i'i their habits. I* are saving, ami it is pleasing to learn that the think are responsible Ihr building up croon* in the hanks. For the year just

closed, deposits in the banks have increased. We do not hear ol the local bodies increasing the taxation. They are contriving to live within their means and avoiding extra local taxation—it means that after all the times are not so had, or that people are meeting them in the right way. It is true the storing of money means a lessening of trade and enterprise, but the times are such that people are well advised to he thrifty and not live extravagantly. And all the time prediction is going ahead. The fall of the year has been a good season for the pastoralist. Feed has held well, and the weather conditions have been good for the stock. Prices have fallen, but the dairyman is able to maintain his supply of butter-fat and graziers may hold their stock without loss of condition, if the present market is not attractive enough. The season tempers the conditions for the man on the land, and the good! spell of weather must he helpful in the volume of produce provided for t]ie market. These are conditions which give the present a more helpful outlook, and tell in favour of the. general good. The district has not as heavy a debt on its land as some districts and settlors are to some advantage in that respect also. Generally it may be said the difficult times so general the world over, are* being encountered heie in good spirit and the more stringent times and conditions of to-day, are being met with a courage which will bear its reward.