The Feilding Star Oroua and Kiwitea Counties' Gazette THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1925. NINETEEN TWENTY-FIVE

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 554, 31 December 1925, Page 4

The Feilding Star Oroua and Kiwitea Counties' Gazette THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1925. NINETEEN TWENTY-FIVE

It hns boon a Groat Your. It lias boon, a Remarkable Year. In many ways it has boon eery a, Record Year. Certainly it has boon a year of great records. It has soon the actual end-, jug of the Groat War in the mutual sign in" of the Locarno -Peace Pact by orstwhile friends add foes. Polilicn 11v, the year now in its closing Hours has boon a year of wonders an<] of surprises, its well as carrying’ it not'.’ of tragedy in the passing of Vlr William Massey, Prime .Minister of New ; Zealand. He was succeeded by Mr Gordon Coates, who lias recently'been to the country;, returning Villi an exceedingly strong majority. Prohibition lias again been, defeated at the 'polls. There has also been a gen. era I election in Britain, as well as in A)iKln-ii lia, UTessrs Bnklwin nn<! Brvic-e respectably being returned with, unexpectedly- large majorities; There was a surprising result to the Canadian elections as well, hut this time the Government got a set back. The Red. forces throughout our Km pi to have been routed again and again, but Bolshovis n still lias its intrigants poisoning Bri isb influence everywhere. Yet there is a recoil, Tor with the passing of Lenin a wedge of disagreement has entered the Wrier-, circle in ■ Moscow, - where the rivalry of leaders keeps Russians guessing as To what will lie l,he 'outcome. Britain Continues to be the woild’s burden bearer, and has found it very hard, during the year to keep her industries going, so great has been the handicap of the war and its aftermath, with the competition from cheap-labour countries. But the end of 1925 brings signs that at long last business is. picking up again at Home, industry, is getting on its feet, and the finances of the country arc slowly Iml. steadily improving. The wool problem has not yet- been solved, but there is a salver lining to the. dark cloud that has hung over our Empire during the ye;ir, and wool prices are now on the wav towards being ,stablised. Once stability is reached, then die looms of Bradford will eat up all the raw material tile Empire can produce. Alter a very excel lent period enjoyed by the dairying industry, there lias come a crash (luring the latest moiifTis. Tlvi§ was very largely if not wholly due to Ibe disastrous strike fomented and aggravated by, Tom Walsh and Jacob .Ton a risen, who inveigled British seamen to dislocate the shipping trade in Australia, to the very great lieiioht of all Britain’s foreign rivals, none ol whose ships, by the way, were interfered with by the British strikers The Australian Government sought authority; through the courts to extradite the ringleaders, but the law declared that it, could not be done However, the strike ended at Jong last, a ml this week the last of the st randed and senseless . strikers got away for England But the cost was corn fie so far as the produce trade of Australia and New Zealand was concerned, the insulated ships missing dates that, would have landed the produce on the Home market as the market needed it, instead of creating first a famine and then a slump. Australia, suffered, a great deal throughout the year on account- of, strikers in several industries, bull •New Zealand we were exceedingly fortunate, being able to settle various, grievances through our conciliation machinery, and the- year ends with the country enjoying industrial peace. Trade ami commerce have been good all through 1925 in New Zealand, speculation on the Stock Exchanges .being almost of record demensions, indicating the presence of money ami enterprise in both islands. Auckland lias bad a period of unexcelled pro.sp.elri l ji, and the Ui ty is developing ra.pidy. . Dunedin is the proud possessor of yet another big Exhibition-, ■ now in season, and it, is having sensational support from New Zealanders all over flic two islands. An achievement of the latter end of the year that has given intense satisfaction to- the many soils of Erin in New Zealand has been the settlement of the Irish boundary and the news following hard upon the -heels of that triumph that there is prosperity greater than ever recorded before iii South Ireland, as well as in Ulster. Wonders have never ceased

all the, year, every month bringing] its record of some miracle wrought in file realm of science or surgery or ’medicine or. discoveries in other. spheres. Wireless wonders, radio re-1 velations, scrim successes, treasures from Tilt’s tomb, and aviation aeliieveOiehts.

And whilst the outside world has had its sensations and its worries and anxieties, Feilding has been fortunate i

in making progress as a borough and its people have \ehjo*y| ,, d immunity from violent storms arid other dangers that Hefei less fortunate centres The health precautions that have become the habit of observation in Feilding saved the town from suffering severely from The epidemic of infantile paralysis that took a toll of New Zealand generally, the schools being closed for an exceptionally lengthy; period. Onr borough is making steady progress, and the outer districts have done their part, in developing production’. N 'file ‘Cheltenham Dairy Co. flourishes and the Feilding Farmers’ Freezing Works are still going under full pressure, having come through the past season with a better record than was the experience of many other-freezing works in both islands. So we should approach, the fast-coming 1926 with firm faith, and high, courage. We extend to all our readers the. hope that one anj all, having just come through a Merry Christmas, will participate in

A Happy and Prosperous New Year!