A TRIP ABROAD

Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1932, Page 8

A TRIP ABROAD

; . •-,i a . i :r.' DR L. S. TALBOT RETURNS. CONDITIONS IN' ENGLAND AND AMERICA. WELLINGTON, December 12. England’s quret confidence in the present 'crisis' wa-S contrasted with the bewildered 'attitnde of American peopLtb the depression in their country Ly Dr -L. 9. -Talbdty” of Tirtiard, who arrived by the 1 Makura from San Francisco. Dr Talbot hts been absent fi'oift New Zealand nearly-a year, the object of his visit 1 abrPud "being to 'undertake p tst-gnidriftte work in London and Edinburgh. • Dr Talbot said conditions supei'fieially in 1 England appeared rasoTmbly good, ■■although shopkeepers slated that business was had. ’ Retail prices were lower than he had found them when in Great’Britain on a previous occa. ion. Tlie only things that appeared to be booming were the motor industry and the -art.tidal silk factories'. “The general tone in England is one of quiet confidence, and’ among the people there is a feeling that tli.y will pull through,” he said. “1 hardly ever heard any grumbling, and the people are'wonderfully cheerful and steady.” On his return journey Dr Talbot,

wi.o Was accompanied by Mrs- Talbot, j travelled across Canada and then south j to San. Francisco'. Both in America nnd Canada therb were' large numbers I of unemployed. Froni what'orie could gather ‘conditions ’in the' United States were far from goody Ainericah people appeared to lie overawed and dismayed by the effects of the depressi -n. On the oilier hand English people seemed to he tackling their difficulties in a different and more hopeful spirit. Dr Talbot was in Canada ?.t tin time of the recent election for the

(President of the United States. Great : interest, he said, was taken in the poli by the Canadian people, who appeared to him to be more concerned in the j result of the election in its relation to the prohibition issue. New Zealand’s name -stood high in the Homeland, added Dr Talbot. Medi-' cal students who qualified in the Dominion and went Home were highly spoken of and appeared to be able to readily get position as house surgeons j in quite good hospitals. He had been ) told that some hospitals would rather | have New Zealand-trained men than j English-trained house surgeons. j