PEACEFUL NEW ZEALAND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23702, 9 January 1939, Page 11

PEACEFUL NEW ZEALAND

WELL AWAY FROM TROUBLE ENGLAND STILL “JUMPY* (Special to Daily Times) INVERCARGILL, Jan. 8. An England that was still jumpy as a result of the September crisis was described by Mr B. Sutton, who arrived by the Maunganui this morning on the last stage of a journey from Bournemouth. He intends to go to Auckland to establish himself in the real estate business. There were still trenches in many back . gardens, Mr Sutton said, and people took. great care with their gas masks, as there was a general feeling that the trouble was not yet over. “It seems to me and to many others,” he said, “that only a spark is needed to touch off the trail of gunpowder that lies across Europe.” Mr Sutton intended to settle in Canada, but there he met a man who spoke so enthusiastically of New Zealand that he decided to come here. “To many people in England,” he said, “New Zealand commends itself more than ever as a country that is well out of the way of any trouble that might brew. New Zealand is becoming better known in England, mainly as the result of the visits by,the All Blacks. Keen interest is also being taken in the progress of the Labour Government. It is the peacefulness of this country that we find so attractive.