OUTLOOK IN BRITAIN

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3448, 22 November 1932, Page 8

OUTLOOK IN BRITAIN

ATMOSPHERE MORE BUOYANT. “After Britain’s wonderful consion loan went through I felt that the remarkable resno..se of the public to the Treasurer’s appeal made one proud to be a member of the British Empire,” said Mr. A. Jacobs, of Wellington, who returned in the Maunganui after a tour of England, Wales and Scotland, and a visit to the Continent. Conditions in Britain generally were improving, Mr. Jacobs told “The Dominion,” but Scotland was suffering from the effects of low prices for meat and wool. During his Scottish tour Mr. Jacobs had two experiences of the attitude of people in the Homeland toward visitors from “the colonies.” In one case an old shepherd in a remote part of the Highlands proved himself to be thoroughly conversant with the problems of the Empire imports. “You are from New Zealand?” he said to Mr. Jacobs. “Ah, you people are giving us a bad time of it with your exports of meat and wool.” And the conversation that followed showed that the shepherd had arguments and accurate statistics at his tongue’s tip. In the second instance a shopkeeper in a little Scottish village asked where her customers hailed from. “From New Zealand,” answered Mrs. Jacobs. “And have you had any of this bad weather there lately?” the shopkeeper inquired in a conversational tone. While in the North of England Mr. Jacobs found one town to which New Zealand marketing propaganda had yet to penetrate. Noticing New Zealand grown apples bearing an Australian label, he entered the shop and told the woman behind the counter that a mistake had been made. “What is it?” she asked. Mr. Jacobs explained “Well, isn’t it all the same?” was the reply.