PRAISE FOR N.Z.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1932, Page 8

PRAISE FOR N.Z.

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Ijfc;-' X, . LONDON, July 19. ’ 3lr J. E. llai&trick; a Yorkshire, eng’lioor, who has lived in New Zealand toV 'nearly five years, has brought baca a very 'good impression of that country- '•# _ . “New, ’ Zealand people are intensely Britislipririd will ‘buy,'British’ 'where.ever thriy ban. They thesmselves are most anxious, that-- the people of this <i6tuitry'r support them in ;the way o. purchasing their produce, j “jUurhig.'iny five yeijrs’l,stay 1 visited all thd 'dfjriry -factories, w: :and. freezing. horks,.‘ T ifollnd the dairy factories tb-;' be nibdern.'in every respect. • They ale .Scrupulously clean, and the inspection amounts. Almost to faddism Purchasing British’ goods as. they do, the"‘New' Zealanders - rightly look to the ‘people of this ‘ country to buy New’ Zealand buttei^ind-other produce, not just becausel">it is made; by odr own'kith ana kin, but od ats ,merits.’* ' - ' -

VWith;n‘eg4 l '4 to the state of trade m Mr Raistrick said tb if at time he- would nm anyone to go to New Zeaftiitl Or to Australia unless they had plenty of capital arid were mcline<l .tdfvards ' fanning or other outdoor Ppursnit. . ? .s-Ercim what 1 could gather, ” he' said, Wris' priaetically qrikriqwn in New Zealand before the war; hnt at the present-* time it is vei‘y l'ifc/ MWni'e in New r Zealand L talked with .engineers, business execu- ! tfves, rind professional men, and * i shouid say 'there is quite a - lot of good ! business "Waiting to be developed there : otice ’the jribseut period of' depressioi. is over.” •’ ' ' " ‘ i. 6hei!tliing that struck me was that the Britisih imotor-car seemed to be ‘hapidly^Coining into its. His 'remarks about tli.e fishing facilities ought to be helpful to any fisherman thinking of going out'for a visit.