HAPPIER TIMES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 302, 22 December 1933, Page 13

HAPPIER TIMES.

OUTLOOK BRIGHTER.

LORD BLEDISLOE'S FAITH. VICE-REGAE GREETINGS. (By Telegraph.—Press A«aoclatloa.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe in a Christmas message to the people of New Zealand and its dependencies says:— "I desire to express to the whole population of this Dominion and of the Pacific Islands within its administratior the most hearty good wishes of Ladj Bledisloe and myself that happiness maj bo their lot this Christmastide, and thai a definite revival of economic prosperity may during the New Year brighten theii lives and sustain their confidence in theii country and themselves. the last two years at least industrial depression has hung heavy ove] this land of promise which is so richlj endowed by Nature. Unemployment has been rife and the outlook overcast with uncertainty and anxiety. Now thai the clouds aro lifting let us all take hearl of grace and develop that confident hope in the future which is so prolific in promoting enterprise and accelerating thi advent of prosperity. We have with the deepest sympathy shared youif sorrows and anxieties. We shall in a spirit oJ genuine comradeship share tho happiness of your revived material good fortune. Recovery of WooL "One of your chief primary products : which has yielded little or no profit tc its producers for the last thre-e years ; has recovered its true value in the world's markets, and there is good reason for believing that, with the improved purchasing power of other nations, and notably of the Old Country, other New Zealand products will follow suit, witli resulting advantage alike to our rural and urban communities. "On the threshold of this new era let those who have the means remember at this Christmas with generous solicitude the many whom undeserved economic adversity has brought to the brink of litter destitution, and thus strengthen their sense of mutual comradeship and brighten their outlook for the happier days which appear to be coming. Christmas is essentially a period of abounding and generous good will, when nationally, imperially, racially and domestically we should bind ourselves closer to« one another with the consciousness of community of interest and mutual regard. "Remember the Maoris." "Let us not forget our invaluable partnership with Britain, the kindly old mother who is ever mindful of her children's needs, and witli other countries of tho British Commonwealth of Nations. Let us especially, too, remember in friendly sympathy our Maori people, whose privations have been great and their patient courage outstanding during the recent period of economic misfortune and whom wo arc proud to recognise as equal partners with ourselves in the heritage which we share as fellow subjects of the King in this highly-favoured section of tho great British Empire. "Lot both races with mutual helpfulness and mutual confidence and respect advance witli even step to the achievement of the high destiny which, with the blessing of God, awaits them as one happy and united nation in tho days that are to come. To each and all, pakcha and Maori, we confidently and cordially wish a Merry Christmas and happy and prosperous New Year."