“JAZZ” FOR "THRIFT” IN NORTH

Evening Star, Issue 19923, 20 July 1928, Page 5

“JAZZ” FOR "THRIFT” IN NORTH

GOOD TIMES PREDICTED —WITH WARNING NOTE RECORD WOOL CLIP (Special 10 tub “ Stir,'] CHRISTCHURCH, July 20. An optimistic note with regard to the trade outlook of tlie dominion was struck by Mr 11. J. Duigan. dominion president of the New Zealand Real Estate Institute, in his address to members of the Canterbury branch of the institute. Mr Duigan said the present winter was one of the best New Zealand ever experienced, and he was sure this year they were going to have one of the best wool clips on record The sheep were carrying great fleeces, and the quality of the wool was good. There might bo a bit of a set-back later, but the sheep wore in such good condition that a good clip was assured. The mildness of the season was such that he would not have been surprised to sec on an hotel 'menu —lamb, green peas, and new potatoes. (Laughter.) He thought the whole country could look for better times ahead* The improved trade conditions were most hopeful. There had been a marvellous recovery, but he wished to strike a note of warning. The country as a whole should practise thrift. He did not mean to say that people should be niggardly or miserly. He believed that if one bought a dictionary in the North Island to-day one would find that the word "thrift” had been cut out and the word ‘‘jazz” substituted. (Laughter.)