POST-WAR PROBLEMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4953, 21 August 1918, Page 5

POST-WAR PROBLEMS.

PRODUCTION AND FINANCE. SYDNEY, August. 8. . Sir Joseph Carruthers, MEAN, addressed “The Yigilants” on “Pr'edition and Finance."’ . , After the war. he saiu, tne problem of “'How to beat the German would give place to "How tourselves. ' Vitli a P 0 P L ““ * little over 5.000.000 people, -vustra-m would bar e to race ,y ; ---- debts of probably £I,OOO ; GGv.NE ywbich. there would be an of about £50,000,000 a year. _ x--W would have to find war P en p; f repatriation money, ana no o«e "V"/ sav what those figures wouic. fore the war the pumic dent- “(pHEy ed t-o about £63 per Lead .m .-y vilation. After the ar y - f about £l6O to £Eo per- head - - the pre-war wages and m-e , __ prices were to continue.fixec. ~ alterable, withoutwould be nothins: ahead but chaos, bankruptcy, If a squatter, tor stock at present wax 1 pledge his property to purchase.could he meet Inif the stock fell .in value to uk K war prices? High wages nd wE value of production were to the financial sate.. ‘ „tp iUe 0 f everv other country- ijIE.E - ca F-' their products shouln “y ~ - £500,000.000,. but owing to o - a citv of shipping it did no S £300.000,000. Their hope. Tl £jVheir for their goods, x -*400,values t-o the extent o . the}000.000 a year out- of w t could spare a largei sum t-ion. c u y H Green. °n the motion of n seconded by Mr I- • , at ,<s several secretary . I ..rrner r€ _ tiers’ Association) _L‘-Thatr in solution was et j n g tie view of the necessity to , T'-om-almormal commitments xn on wealth. urges the activities, tin; mtional nolle*establishment of such:natuinai^ + r as would be calculated t greatly * increased P rimar * * t-ion.” ——. m~ss