AN ERA OF PROSPERITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14567, 2 January 1911, Page 6

AN ERA OF PROSPERITY.

. i RECORD " REVENUE . RETURNS. ■ ■ '

[Br -TELEGRAPH.— -ASSOCIATION.] . ' CERISTCHTIECHy Sunday. " I hopb in the* course of the nest few* days," said -the Prime flimsier, when in.; Ohristchorch, -" to be able to give out thoj revenue 'returns for the nine-mouths ending; December 31. So -far as I can judge from,, incomplete figures the revenue for that; period will be a record for New Zealand. He added that, in travelling through the; country he had been st ruck with the re-1 •markable signs -of prosperity, and . antici-r pates? that, it vroula' be- fonad thst-a. greater] number of people- travelled- last year than/ during any previous year. It hasi struefcj •him that from a business standpoint the} - Christmas sea-son -had proved a record one.."The cry that the- Governments policy wasj driving money out of the -country was re~| .fated by the fact that at • present money; was plentiful, and' there was nothing, inj his opinion, to justify the-pessimistic views; of the future .prospects of the Dominion., He hoped to be back in Wellington in IS! days, and <had received numerous invita-s uons to visit different parts of the IkHj minion. He expected to be able to maket a tour of the country be-fore leaving fori England, and deliver political addresses..