COUNTRY BUSINESS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 336, 18 January 1937, Page 4

COUNTRY BUSINESS.

j N.Z. Country Towns More i Prosperous Than Australian. i ■ I j “Wc have nothing but praise for l the manner in* which farming is cari ried on in New Zealand,” said Mr H. iJ. Hyland, Assistant Minister of Agriculture in Victoria, in an inter- • view with a “Central Press” representative at Stratford to-day. : He was particularly impressed with I the solidness and prosperity of the ‘ country towns, he continued. EveryI where he had been he had noticed j that the towns seemed to be well i controlled, with wide, well-kept i streets and attractive shopping areas. Victoria presented a contrast in this respect. There, 56 per cent of the population was concentrated in Melbourne. Large emporiums in the capital city found it worth-while to circularise the whole farming district to bring people to the town to shop. i The Victorians were proud of their ! capital city but they would like to I see about half of the people out of i Melbourne and in the farming disI tricts so as to bring conditions nearI ly like those in New Zealand, where the country businessman was holding his own with the large firms in the main centres. "My impression is,” said Mr Hy- ■ land in conclusion, “that a town such | as Stratford, for example, is similar ‘ to the main cities, the only major ; difference being in size.” — MAIL NOTICE. | I Mails closing at the Post Office, i Stratford: : WEDNESDAY, 20th January. ‘ Australian States via Sydney per Waiiganella, at 2.30 p.m. FRIDAY, 22nd January. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Straits Settlements, Egypt, | South Africa and Italy per Avvatea I (from Auckland), at 7.45 p.m. FRIDAY, 22nd January. I Air Mail correspondence for Great i Britain, Ireland and Europe via Ausi tralia-Singapore-England air mail j (due London Sth February) per Awa- | tea (Irom Auckland), at 7.45 p.m.