A REVIVAL

Evening Star, Issue 21811, 29 August 1934, Page 5

A REVIVAL

“Wo do not like the hackneyed word revival, but it is in very common use to express the idea of resuscitation or development. At a mining conference in Central Otago recently something like a prayer was expressed in the form of a resolution desiring the Government or other Olympian gods to bring about a mining revival. A New Plymouth speaker prophesied a mining revival with some assurance. The Central Otago Conference appears to have harboured the thought that the miing industry has been the foundation of our progress as a people, the bulwark of our defence from adversity. These men cannot have attended a farmers’ conference or read the frequent, declamations of rustic orators at those gatherings. The farmer is the backbone of the country, so they sa. Hut which farmer —the wheat grower, the wool grower, or the cow cocky? When they meet to settle t]iat question there will be “ wigs on the green.” The Manufacturers’ Association has also an exalted opinion of its integral importance. So why not have a revival of wheat growing, add to the bonus of wool growing, raise the exchange of the butter industry, increase the water content? A general all-round revival by artificial means appears to be _eminently desired.”—' New Zealand Financial Times.’