THE OUTLOOK

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1933, Page 2

THE OUTLOOK

LORD . BLEDiSLOE’S PRIDE. • ! < . , *. . V vl r r iV WELLINGTON, "September 25. Pride in , the /i-oni'nige and’.'deteiminitioii-: that'.-the/pebple .of New Zealand had/shown during/the 'last .few diffi<nUt oats^ 1 Dfiileiito V iti "tli e nation’ s /f ufure/wcdflire,, were expressed ■by*. ’Lbrd',; Blodisioe';;/. .speaking at a Dominion LPajy a’e-'uriidh • of the Early Settlers. find 'Historical • Association of Wellington this>aftea;ndbn. . “Is is on this/day .{more tihan‘on other days i® the'year, that we look back and took forward,”.. /His* Excellency' said. “There are. many • countries; jim the world that cknnot- consciously’ .and confidently look back with entire . -self-satisfaction to thteir phst history. There ■ need be no . qualms l ' inAt-his ’ country, however, in looking.; over., it's/comparatively short history/.: and feeling, not only a pride in' the past, but a'ls 0 a 'buoyant confidence -in the future. Twenty-seven years iago this .then so-called colony Ibecarhe/ a; tioffiijiion, -entering -into the status bf/a' great.••‘selflgoyernirtg ,unit of of the 'greatest Empire in the ' world. That is) a distinction conferred on but few other icduntifi/s,'; and a distinction inj spite.-of. fits size and of the . relatively stnall population of which New Epalarid has'shown'Herself to be abundantly ■worthy,” ./ /•./•■■ . ..- /;-'/ . , “Durin.g/the. last, two' years slie has fou'.nd to’M'je'lf fij the. greatest econojnic crisis .with, .which-the world has

Over been confronted—a crisis from which the world has not yet completely emerged, and a problem which the great economic conference has failed to solve—but I want t 0 take this opportunity of saving—because now we see the light on the horizon and we believe that brighter times are coming—that I feel proud of its courage and determination, self-reliance and resourcefulness, that this country has shown during the difficult years that hive lately passed.” Referring to the manner i,n. which those in want had faced the situation His Excelency said it was the strongest evidence of the deep-rooted stability of the country, which was going to curry it to a higher position than it had ever occupied.