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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12750, 4 January 1936, Page 10

According to Father Hurley, who has just returned to -Wellington, from a trip abroad, the Free State is prosperous to some extent, but would'.be much more prosperous if a favorable trade treaty could be made with England. “I am inclined to believe that • such a treaty would have been made before this but for the intervention of the crisis created by the jtalor Abyssinian war. As it is Northern Ireland is enjoying the favor of England’s trade, of which the Free State is deprived. This has led to a great deal of smuggling over the border, in which both sides are employed. You must not take these reports of religious riots as between the North and the South too seriously. There is reason to believe that they are largely artificial, and promoted for a purpose. There is now a definite movement to bring about a settlement ofthe differences between Northern Ireland, the Free State, and England; as the outcome of which I think some kind of arrangement will be made for the government- of a United Ireland.” Improved trade at Home is reflected in that there were 133 fewer bankruptcies ip lp3o compared with 193-1. The building and timber trades and grocery and provisions account for a third of the total of 3800 failures. Thirty-six fewer - farmers failed, . w