A SATISFIED VISITOR.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 124, 18 February 1908, Page 7

A SATISFIED VISITOR.

NEW- ZEALAND IMPRESS|ONS. ' v WOOL PROSPECTS '• ' (BY. TSLEGIJAPH— SPECIAL- CORRESPONDENT.;, ■ • • :■!<■■<;■■■' Auckland, ,l''f?bi;uary. 17.., ' byVtlie.'ii^oKoia; from . .c , ismppmg' .Company, • and of tho Now ZealandLoan and Mercantile. Agency Co,, .Ltd.,Mr'., ■ Dawes, who js visiting the. Dominion on busi- ( ' aniss anil, !: pleasure.';c;omljineUj ; i arrived, in ;N ew.,; Zealand a month- and sinco then has - toured, the Sbutivilsland^and visited various .places .on ' tli?,, .Coastof .. the -North island on his way up to Auckland. He intends to proceed to liotorua shortly, and will pay visits 1 to the various other-tourist resorts in ; the:iN6rthUsland,-h.et'ore leaving'tor Homo again'.'' ' ; Tb ;: a'':-' Herald ' reporter '• last evening he gave somo interesting impressions of :his:visit,■to^his^oiintry.. Air. Dawes said lie had been very much ; struck'vwitli country, ;,tho' possibilities 'of •' which''ivera"much had been led;to 'expect. Silivel-ywhere-he .went . found that i.'an l air. of. prosperity prevailed, One : thing jtiiat; had : attracted his -attention; parti-, . culariy. was.'t^extrag^ ' had iresulted'-froiri'- :the |br'eaking- : ;up), of .the •' larger : bates'. > -f^herefyior.'mstancb,. ;large tracts of land had been only 'supporting a cqmparativoly ' few'..'.people.-and:> making . a 1 small • return,:; these,./under.. the closer , settle-. ' ihent' pplicy, .<were now supporting, very many, . uiorea.-witn i;.prpportionatfl :; i-eturps.v "On comingvbut'li'erq,''', continued Mr;-' Dawesi' '".l expected'to lilid what, the" ordinary-Britisher would' 'term a>-Labour Government,! but, so far,- rhaverbeenVpleased-'w-ith everything that 1-have, .comoi across.; ■?: As i {ar as ■ one. is.-able,.to judgoas - a ...visitor;. everybody, s'eem's: to: be tappy• and i find \thp', ; measures so' iarv liitrikluQed'^'seem.to : be. 'generally'. for the good of tlie country. V\ ftiiy ■ . ••'With regard, to .yo'urv.Arbitration Act', I ; should likpyto say in passing" that -strikes at Honie are;' unfortunately/, ratner too frequent, and; when -trouble arises ; between labour and capital,- eactv party, isvjoth'tp accept-the ; ser-| vices. oi -a mediator. . ..The is that . the'disputes go on,'for lengthy. : p,oriods.,:,Thcro': is :a iterrible.waste, of money on-both' side's, and <nnich. ill-feeling is-.created;There is,an' agitation at Hoine to introduce the New Zea-. . land Act, and .in that, .respect.il, might ..say tbat ; :-.New,>.Zealand is.'far. ahead. pf,.us;.at Homo.!'- •- ;"ijaye you'anything ,to say-with' regard to the prospects: of : New 'Zealand produce. on - tho Homo markets?".-. 1 - i i ' • '' Well,, with' regard, to_ that, I, might say they, aro favourable. . Wool, of course, has . been.'at- a- very remunerative price for-' some considerable tinie, and, when. 1 left Home the. demand for it-:was .35 as pver. I there-fore'consider:-tlie depression .v/hioh has existed during -the. past'month or two is entirely, duo to'tho l American trouble. iind:' ; tho ,aiixiety iii'i : -tho.<financiiil..wqrld. , Vi.' 1 Of: Tcoursp,'- America, naturally ! h'ad to cease buying when the crisis came' along, bit I'am hoping that'when the financial'; position'■ gets stronger, and. money, gets cheaper, wo : shall find wool iniprove in valuo'again. --/li -i O/v-'v. . With regard to butter, tliat the.demand forj.that 'is , increasing is evidenced by the ' increased 'prices! The : New Zealand butter w - e get at, Home is iniinitely better than that made on tho farms tat Home. In my opinion, .. tho .New Zealand farmers haw a very great deal, to be thankful, for.. Tho Gpvornmeiit's.action in seeing that only good' butter is 'exported, .and in having it properly graded, has helped the butter industry considerably. / Wo : don't find our Government at Homo jooking after our interests in the same '.'•way.";-" ' : Asked ..whether..;|ie. had anything to say with refere'rice:'toytlio agitation to , havo a direct boat. p,ut on from London to" Auckland, and also, ..to • havo Auckland made the final port! of call for the New Zealand Shipping' . Company's/ steamers, seeing that Auckland provinco had a larger .export trade than any other, "Mr; Dawes stated that ifvthe. matter was put before tbo,;dircctorato propefly they would consider' it -iiavinifably. : Wo are," heysaid, .".only.too I ;anxious to do everything in our.power to: me,et.the requirements of'the port.''lt. is :to bur;,interest to cater for tho various ports,t-o-tho'best of our ability. Anything that xrill,'help.tho butter or the meat , industries wo must, do."