THE DOMINION.
"HAD ITS BEST DAY."'
AN AUSTRALIAN VIEW.
fur cable —press ASsonATioK-corriisim (acstrauak asd s.z. cable associati SYDNEY, February Mr C. L. Look, a well-known V ictorian grazier, who returned from «i visit to New Zealand by the Niagara, states that New Zealand has hac* its best day. Land is noi> selling there hot*, and many of its young graziers., men with anything from £IOOO upwards, are turning their eyes towar Australia. Mr Maurice McNamara, stock and fetation agent in Melbourne, shares this view. [Commenting on the abovo gram, the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. W. Nosworthy) said that ' n ,! b opinion the fact that land was not soiling so rapidly as hitherto was not i> any means n, sign of decadence. v) the contrary, he considers it really a gratifying proof that the speculation in land resulting from the boom ot a few years ago had practically ceased and that tlio occupiers v ;' c C e , nOW genuine' fanners who in bonded to remain on their holdings permanently. The outlook generally, added the -Minister, was never bettor, and. the Dominion's industry and prosperity were reflected in the fact that the anionik of unemployment was infinitesimal.J
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18302, 9 February 1925, Page 9
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