FAITH IN NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 217, 13 September 1930, Page 12

FAITH IN NEW ZEALAND.

DESTINES AND PROSPERITY.

LORD BLEDISLOE PROFOUND

OPTIMIST.

ASSETS OF. DOMINION.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Friday.

In expressing himself as a profound optimist as far as the destinies and prosperity of New Zealand. were concerned, . the Governor - General, Lord Bledisloe, affirmed Ms opinion, that -with such »great: assets: as- this country possessed, it would emerge sooner than any other from the present period of depression. His-.remarks were made at. a smoke concert of the Wellington Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association. - .

If one man suffered, all others suffered with him, and this, he suggested, was the text above all others that every man, woman and child in the Dominion would have to make a guiding rule of their lives during the next two or three years. Thrift .also would have to be practised. We could not afford to abandon the habit of thrift, which had made the old pioneers the successes they were. > * ■ " < '..•••

There are a few clouds scudding across the sunshine of commercial and industrial prosperity to-day» said His Excellency, but so. far, as this country Xβ concerned, I am a profound optimist. As time.goes on, you will find that the qualities inherent in the. best type of New Zealander, and the great assets you have in your incomparable climate and soil Mil enable the Domimon to emerge sooner than any ofle^ 7 ' rOmtlletem P Orar y ßlo^

Pessimism was said to'be the handmaid of national decay. Might I surest to you all his concluded laughter, "that in these difficult timesVwhen money is not too plentiful, that you all take care to see that purchasers get good, values lor their nlbnev;My own commercial experience is that what is-cheapest is not always the best value, either in goods or in brains If you want, the ibest, you must expect to pay a reasonable .price>-for it." '