EXPANSIVE MOVE

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20672, 6 December 1938, Page 13

EXPANSIVE MOVE

NEW ZEALAND GOODS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY GOVERNOR- GENERAT/S SUPPORT The Government’s campaign for increasing production was inaugurated last evening by a broadcast address by the Governor-General, Viscount Galway over the* national stations. His excellency said he whole-heartedly supported the appeal and hoped for a universal and spontaneous response. Lord Galway said the Dominion was a most favoured country, with vast resources in minerals, fertile lands, equable climate and an abundant water supply. These features were of great assistance to the early pioneers who by their indomitable spirit and enterprise paved the way for the prosperity of the present day. The expansion of primary industries had been followed by the development of the manufacturing industrips, which, aided by scientific research and modem methods, had made progress during recent years, attaining a standard -of production that reflected great credit on those who had fostered them. Progress Complementary Roth primary and secondary industries played their part in maintaining and developing New Zealand’s prosperity. Lord Galway said. The progress and prosperity of primary and secondary industries were complementary, and even developmmt of each would provide the balanced economic basis on which New Zealand could build her future prosperity. In all countries a great measure of self-sufficiency was evident. This called for initiative and in New Zealand meant a degree of enterprise comparable with the wonderful spirit of the early pioneers. “These are economic matters of vital interest to the country,” His Excellency' continued. He was pleased that the campaign proposed to include the schools in the programme, as pride of country could he inculcated into the young mind, with a realisation of the responsibility to be borne in later life. The schools, too, were particularly adapted to furnishing the knowledge of the scenic wonders of the Dominion, which were attracting the attention of people overseas in ever-increasing numbers. Developing Trees His Excellency made reference to the desirability of further efforts to develop the tree life of the Dominion, and said that with the approach of the Centennial year the lime would be appropriate to move in this direction. His final reference was to the importance of inculcating a national spirit, which he said, was worthy of the earnest attention of all, and was a factor that served to assist in solving the problems inevitable to the progress of a country.