In DeSjpair.
"I never saw so much depressxon and hopelessness in all my life as I saw in Ameriea, The people there were envious of England,. believing that she had turned the corner. The xnunicipal authorities were in despair as to how to deal with the xxnemployxnent probleixi. On the other hand, in England, I saw little of the gloom and pessimism we read about in the cabled news," said Mr. J. W. Mawson, Director of Town Planning, referring to his recent tour overseas, in an address in Christchurch. "There was no sigix of poverty and distress in England," he said, "and when I left, after the elections, everyone was cheerful and optimistic to a degree. It is a curioxxs thing that British Columhia has not felt the world-wide depression to anything like the extent that we have felt it in New Zealand, and this is because of the wealth of her natural resources." — Press.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 142, 8 February 1932, Page 7
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