CHEERY OPTIMISM
OPTLOOK AT HOME
CHANGES IN SEVEN YEARS.
(By Telegraph.) (Special to the "Evening Post")
DUNEDIN, This Day.
The recovery of England, its cheery optimism, and its industrial and agricultural development impressed Mr. C. Stanley Smith, managing- director of the "Evening Star," during his holiday there, and he has returned with many observations to make on the swiftlychanging scene as compared with seven years ago. , -
In an interview Mr. Smith said that the number of unemployed was fewer today than during the past fourteen years. Trade was starting to boom, and the average. Englishman was less concerned over the possibility of his country being involved in war than was the New Zealander. The busiest of all industries was building and the allied trades. Building was being acceleratedufo do away with slum areas, and the industry was also being developed ,to alleviate. the unemployment problem.
Brick-and cement were mainly used in the construction of buildings in England, where wood' did not appear to be popular. Building was proceeding apace throughout the central' part ofEngland, and the truly.rural districts of a lew years ago were being opened up as residential sites. Building was being assisted by a Government subsidy, and municipal authorities were active in advancing their building programmes. Still, with all this unprecedented activity, houses to the number of 6000 weekly were being erected, and the opinion was that complete removal of slums would involve another twenty-five years' work. The newlybuilt suburb of Harrow, near London, already had a population of 10,000.
Realising that England's defence in the future would depend on a strong Air Force the English people were making provision for extension of the force and development of the aeroplane industry. Handley Page, who built the great machines used by Imperial Airways, had erected huge works near London, and a fine village was springing up near every aerodrome. Building was proceeding and many recruits were offering for the Air Force. The opinion in England was that the most serious threat of attack would be from the air and the public were being educated to safeguard themselves. Agriculture at Home was being developed, the policy since the Great War being that England should be more selfcontained and less dependent on overseas countries for her primary products. . .' '
CHEERY OPTIMISM
Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 91, 14 October 1935, Page 8
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