PROSPEROUS NEW ZEALAND.
r:vx r v 'J~< v ' v.l'? A NEW SOUTH WALES VISITOR'S ' IMPRESSIONS. , By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright, SvD.vi:r, January 24. ; , Mb. Wise, Attorney-General for Now.; ■ South Wales, interviewed ; here, saidy h»',' does not see how ' any visitor to New Zea-, land can but. bo impressed at the very; great prosperity and extraordinary fertility; " jii of ... that country, - enormous advantages i which certainly appear to have been madei s . the most of. ■ Wherever one goes he sees' • ' 1 evidence of the very close attention given! by the Government to the requirements of,. the country, and in this respect the small- . •ness of the. island is its advantage, since . every local matter can be brought' under', the personal notice of the Prime Minister. ' Mr. Wise was. -favourably impressed! with the working of the Industrial Con-. ciliation . and . Arbitration Act. a He" got the. necessary information to draw up regula- - tions for New South Wales. Mr. ' Wise particularly inquired into'the ; ' . , method of dealing with the unemployed,•, ' / with special reference "to the co-operative ~ system of public works. He was profoundly impressed with the merits of this,. and proposes to bring it under the Hon. Mr. O'Sullivan's • noticc at an early date. •, He says the system may be a little more .costly „ than the contract system,; but . hot : , more : expensive than contract or day labourl schemes plus Government relief. > By adopting it New Zealand has been enabled' i to dispense entirely, with relief works, ; while the moral effect upon the men' of the two systems, the relief and co-opera-five, cannot be compared. - : » ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11872, 25 January 1902, Page 5
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258PROSPEROUS NEW ZEALAND. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11872, 25 January 1902, Page 5
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