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Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1932, Page 6

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An invitation to tho ladies of Hokitika is - extended ■"by Addison’s, the up-to-date drapers, to visit their 'showroom to-morrow where they aire making ithqir first display ,of spring and . summer goods.—Ad vt. .. ..

"My candid, opinion is that, despite the fact that New Zealand did not feel tin* depression until; long- after Australia, the. Dominion wilf be out of the wood as l ii§o,°h as, ,if not iponbr, than the Commonwealth,” said'Mr P.- A. de la,|Perreffe, at . Auckland, when iuterI'itewed' opii arriving b"ck in New Zea-» Land aftef. spending tvto nthholiday in Australia. Mr de la Perre’le wcs Afinistei; for Interaal. Affairs wh n the United Party was in- power. “Of course,” he said, .‘‘there has . been ~ » temporary lift on the other side, but that is mainly due to the phange of. Government. . The purse-strings have been loosened somewhat and the great hope of the people is that the change will be , , permanent... Th?, depression, however, is playing havoc yith tho l '-'- ands in every, §fcate. Some .impetus h"s been given .to, the .budd'ngtrade by fihe erectipn pf. , .neiw. businss nyfm’se® in.;a number of cities, .and this has epised the unemployment, seme, what, bpt. i;i the ngricu’tpra 1 . ip.flnsiftv:there are .many: ,^ad, the low obtained &$$ tWdpvlf,•.