The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1883. OUR PROSPECTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 300, 21 November 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. WEDNESD AY, NOVEMBER 21, 1883. OUR PROSPECTS.

OoNSU)|;i^NG?all %ings, wecfyplieye there is good reason to anticipate an improvement m the, financial before long. There are indications" of a rising market for our staple prodmrtsr ,A.£ ; tUe.,;Ai|stralian vc w.opJl;. $aleft*! the market has shewn a tendency to advance, and the brokeis are' sanguine that there is soon to be a briskerde-" mand, with corresponding .increased • '•r.i*' k r-J^vAi <iG«' : » ■""C ■»'{•-; j.K"J , i:s-j Value".' Ottr frozen meat trade is developing into extensive pioportions, ( and of late the shipments have been •despatched with^satisfactoiy m Jthejr arrival m good couclicion and meeting a fairly actiye jnpketry There is w relas^n^*^t{oi|>aW a f»ood~*grazing season, and there are no apprehensions yet as to the harvest, which, though •" f'3 c" '.-'"} il*'l r. "mi . it may be latey is tolerably pertain^ to be plentiful. Labour promises to be abundant, and goqd wages arc .ruling, -wnd^h&pros^cLs ofthe wdrk^iig fclassgs are on the whole enrojii^gi^yg; .Of course we must not forget that the coldriy" is terribly) Jiand&apped by : .-oui* public debt, and the enormous interest we have to puy. Our own opinion Js •that further taxation will have. to.b e imposed before long, but if the country is more prosperous that' will not be felt. There are .^ignsQf^ne^ier.m?ney;n^^et at Home,' which means more extensive investment m New Zealand. $Ye notice that the Dunedin Mprhir|| Herald takes a similar vie^^f^tßrl present outlook*?:, apd ( gq^cludingi an article on the financial state of- the 1 col --fty,- way & :~On the* 'whole' ■there ¥re many indica^ioh^'t'Tia't,- frbhr a; ririancMl point of view, the'^oist/is.past.'and that times will mend greatly ; W}thj|o the next thro months. One hopeful feature is the influx of sejf-^i^yig)pas-sengers by the direct steamers, most of whom will bilng''if J iilitW'^Jone^"'"Tlie' least satisfactory element iu^|llj '$ijftlook i.i m the revenue returns, which i. - -

- _ . i necessarily suffejt'.when economy is the ordersljDf tjfei .dajfi huj if this properc effiiC bj^bof^rcing' ecoti«|toy||i the t^lic^pep|itu^ei .ib^willi|b,ot fftumixflevit^ \Y& ne|d nr||be jg-_ wepnt<|»' *% ? ' %^pk' *#^W* omitting to take notice of the more ch«fli ful aspects of the financial horizon. We have heavy burdens .to bear, Jbub s^id&jtp^ we^re' lightening "by! inoaus of the simple expedient of economising, and atTlhc^ saine" lime our resoui-ces are /increasing.. . The. best: authorities concur m expecting an easy, money, market before many months ac over.