BRITISH PRESTIGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 116, 19 May 1933, Page 8

BRITISH PRESTIGE.

CONDITIONS ABROAD. AUCKLANDER'S IMPRESSIONS "The world to-day is looking toward - old England again, and she i s C o®[™ into her own once more as the or ? financial centre. Everybody i« to London and not to New Yorlr" .& Mr. Stanley Scott, an Auckland Cf ness man who returned by the Mooter!" this morning after a six months' trin 7 the United States, Canada, England JS the Continent. ° aM an< i Mr. Scott eaid the bank failures i„ America had made conditions most diff cult in that country and there J,' 40.000,000 people on the breadline "Be had a boom when the new law com' to operate," he said, "but if stronger beverage is not allowed 1»J it is doubtful whether the revenue anticipated will be collected. Th racketeers, however, have got busy with tlis issue already. "Americans, are beginning to realise that England is the best friend of th United States." he continued, "and it was most gratifying to an Engli s h man travelling through the States to find the complimentary references made Britain." Mr. Scott said that New Zealand was looking after its unemployed better than any other country in the world. -New Zealande,-s were certainly having a hard time, but compared with the unemployed in other countries they were well treated Mr. Scott said he could not understand why Danish butter sold at 1/2 a lb while the New Zealand product w&s retailed at 9d. He felt sure that some of the New Zealand butter lost its identity «c arrival and was sold ae Danish.