NEW YEAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 1, 3 January 1933, Page 7

NEW YEAR.

CONFIDENT NOTE. KING'S MESSAGE. Also Political And Industrial Leaders. "WEATHERING THE STORM." (British Official Wireless.) (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, January 2. The King, in reply to a message from the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Percy Greenaway, conveying New Year greetings on behalf of the citizens of London, warmly reciprocated the sentiments expressed. His Majesty adds:— "We have passed through a difficult and anxious year and no one has failed to realise the great weight of responsibility that still faces us. I am confident that the spirit of dogged determination and courage which has been the mainspring of our efforts in the past will continue to guide our ways and inspire our hearts. "I know that the City of London will as ever stand four square to all buffetjngs that the ends of circumstances may bring, and therefore I hopefully send my greetings to her citizens, praying that under Divine Providence the coming year may lighten our task." The Prime Minister's New Year message is as follows: — "The year to which we say good-bye has been one of hard work and struggle for all and hardship for too many. I think wo have been sustained by the thought that we were pressing forward along the right road, that we were making real progress, and that here and there glimpses of better things ahead could be discerned. "It is my very earnest hope that in the year 1933 our country as a whole may receive some of the "reward which the efforts of its people deserve."

Manufacturers' Hope. The president of the Federation of British Industries, Sir George Bcharrel, has issued a message stating tliat British manufacturers arc looking forward to tho New Year with hope and confidence based on the success with which they, compared with other nations, have so far weathered the economic storm. Ho'adds: "Complete recovery, however, must depend upon international action to remove the artificial restrictions which are strangling the trade of the world. "Great Britain and the Dominions have made a start in this direction within the area of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and in so doing have given a lead to the rest of the world.' Mr. Baldwin on Recovery. As Grand Master ot the Primrose League, Mr. Baldwin has sent a New Year's message to the members, in which, after reviewing the National Government's aehievemnts, he refers to the prospects for 1933. Recovery, he says, may be slow, but he believes it will be sure. The Government has laid a firm foundation for a great expansion of Empire trade, and can now use its influence in commercial negotiations to secure greater fredom for world trade. There are still great difficulties, but, sustained by the confidence of the people, the Government will overcome them, as it has overcome greater difficulties in the past vcar. The need for international action to remove artificial restrictions which are strangling the trade of tho world is also emphasised in a statement by Sir George Beharrell, president of the Federation of British Industries, who says: "Manufacturers look forward to the coming year not only with hope, but with quiet confidence."