BUSINESS IN HAWKE’S BAY.

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 553, 30 December 1925, Page 7

BUSINESS IN HAWKE’S BAY.

NO FA EMEU FAILURES

AN OPTIMISTIC REVIEW

Whether a ’ district has been passing through a prosperous or lean times may generally bo gauged from tlie number of settlers or residents who have had to seek the protection of the Bankruptcy Court (says’ the Hawke’s Bay Herald, which continues: For Hawke’s Bay, 1925 must certainly be considered a. prosperous year, omy of the best, in fact, experienced for 'quite, a Hime. With prices for the (produce reaching so high at level iu the early part ol' the year, thousands of pounds in excess of previous years found its way into the pockets of the farming community But it was not. to remain there, a big proportion being put into circulation, and all manner of trades reaped the benefit. The position of the farmer, iperhaps, is the most striking' feature of the twelve months under review. True, he is not receiving the prices of 12 months ago, but to him 1925 has been a year of prosperity. There has not been one single instance during the whole of the 12 months where a member of the farming community has "been faced with such a struggle that lie has been able to win through. This is in marked contrast to 1922 and 1923, for in those two years no less than 20 “went under.”