ENGLISH ADVICE

Evening Star, Issue 21636, 3 February 1934, Page 19

ENGLISH ADVICE

LIVE UP TD OTTAWA [Peb United Peas* Association.l AUCKLAND, February 2. The lessons to be learned from Britain’s recovery from the world economic crisis were outlined by Sir John Sandeman Allan, a member of • the House of .Commons, at a luncheon held in his honour by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and the Royal Empire Society. .. The first lesson, he said, was not to spend more than one earned. The second was not to borrow unless the, loan could be repaid easily. The third was not to borrow or lend except on a self-liquidation basis, and • the fourth was that in order to sell it was necessary to buy. England stood for the Empire, and the people in the dominion had to stand for New Zealand and the Empire. He believed, however, y that the time would come when Great Britain would have to deal best with those who dealt best with her., ' “ Let us adhere to our agreements,” Sir John said in reference to the Ottawa Conference. and the delay in some dominions in giving the agreement effect. There was, he added, no thought of a threat in his words, and it was sheer folly to imagine that England could provide her own food supply. She was producing only 17 per cent, of her breadstuffs, 10 per cent, of her butter, and 21 per cent, of her cheese. Britain had to stand up for her farmers, but not to the detriment of her relations with the dominions. . “ Many people, of whom my wife is one, think that New Zealand butter is the best in the world,’’ he added. “ Keep it properly and live up to the Ottawa agreement at once so that the people in England will not have any cause of grievance to be taken up with their Government.”