AMERICAN AFFAIRS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 7, 8 July 1935, Page 7

AMERICAN AFFAIRS

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT

BROADCASTING AND ART (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND,, July 7. "New Zealand and Australia seem to be two of the best places in this troubled world in which to be living at the present time," said Mr. Charles Lloyd Jorfes, chairman of David Jones, Limited, Sydney, who is a through passenger by the Aorangi, accompanied by his wife, after an extended visit to the United States. Mr. Jones was the first chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and also represents general business interests on the board of the Australian National Travel Association. . „ "From the business point of view, Mr. Jones said, "conditions in America are better, due to the spending of large sums by the Government on- relief. Such relief, however, can only be a temporary palliative. The business community was very relieved at the recent Supreme Court decision concerning the legality of the National Ho covery Act, especially as that decision was .unanimous." Broadcasting in America, stated Mr. Jones, had reached a.high state of perfection, but' was in no way in advance of that in the Old Country.- Experiments in television were being actively prosecuted, but this development had not reached any further stage than it had elsewhere. . The opinion that both Australia and New Zealand would benefit from the increased tourist business that is developing in the United States, was expressed by Mr. Jones. The American touring public were becoming de* finitely interested in visits to the Soutu Seas, New Zealand, and Australia, largely due to the good work beinij done in the matter of publicity. "People outside America do not appreciate the wealth of European art to be found in galleries in that country, said Mr. Jones, who spent,a considerable time studying collections throughout the States. "From one side of America to the other are fine galleries containing gems of art of all ages, San, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, and British. The work of modem artists of these countries is given every prominence, and Philip Hendy. one of the greatest critics of-the day, has claimed that in the Huntingdon Gallery at Pasadena there is the. finest collection of examples of British portrait painting extant. Thanks to heavy endowments by individuals and municipalities, the galleries of the States have been able to acquire a large share of the outstanding examples .of the world's art." .