PROGRESSIVE CANADA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 151, 29 June 1931, Page 3

PROGRESSIVE CANADA.

STILL VERY PROSPEROUS. NEW ZEALANDER'S REPORT. Considering the i general state of tlie world, conditions in Canada are extraordinarily prosperous, according to Mr. F. L. Kay, assistant-professor of classics at the University of Toronto, Canada, who arrived at Wellington by the Mataroa. There was great contrast between Canada and the United States, said Mr. Kay, and he was inclined to think that Canada was better off than any other country at the present time. Wheat was getting out of the country very well, and was being cleared in large quantities from Montreal. There would be no trouble over it, he thought. British Columbia was going ahead like wildfire — indeed, Canada was, on the whole, doing well for itself. Wagee and the cost of living were slightly lower than in the United States, and it ir.oant 'hat Canada could compete with them more or less successfully. American tariffs against Canada were, of course, extremely high. As far as joining up with the States was concerned it was absolutely the last thing that Canada would do, Mr. Kay said. The attitude of the average man all over the country was, to put it briefly, Canada first, the British Empire next, the United States last. The butter question, Mr. Kay confided, was "raising the devil," and he said "they would almost hit you over the head if you admitted yourself a New Zealander." Mr. Kay had a brilliant career at Christ's College and Canterbury College, Chrietchurch. He left Canterbury College three years ago with a postgraduate scholarship in arts and spent the next two years at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he took his 8.A., first class, and won also a college senior scholarship. He was appointed aesist-ant-professor of classics at Toronto when he left Cambridge. Toronto and McGill were the two leading Canadian universities, and were of very high standard, he said. Mr. Kay will return to Canada later in the year. I