TO THE STANDARD.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 1283, 2 September 1930, Page 1

TO THE STANDARD.

This is the .last letter iK>m Australia, as I (The Wanderer) will return by the "Meheno" to my native land oi» September the first. Australia is no ooubt a' wonderful and vast- continent, but New Zealand is God's Own Land indeed, and I am justly proud that x belong and can count myself a New £ealander, for Our Maoriland ranks high m the estimation of the World. What they think at the New 'Zealand Club does not appeal,; for of course, they have, a very strong prejudice m favour of their native countrymen anu women. The Country Club is almost enirely composed of Australidias and just, now with all sorts of -[troubles around and ahead of them — it is reasonable that they should put up a great blufij and bJanie the present and past Governments for all the Money Muddle and extreme taxes that aio levied and a new Go^ifirnment is going to be a great Cure-all for all then troubles. They say that it is all the money wasted at Canberra that ha&^ swollen up their money and .neariy burst up the Banks. The Guild of the Empire Club has as its leaders English people and they have mostly travelled the "World over and are very interesting to srjeak to. This is one thing I heard a very prominent Pressman, who was on one of file great English Papers during the War and doing .War. work, say: "It was part of my job to meet and inteiview soldiers, and I maintain this; that every New Zealand soldier I met, whether White or Maori, was a perfect gentleman.*' People whose lot it has been to live a few years m our Dominion' seem to have a wistful longing to . go back, and, believe' me, if they could get then money out of the Land, Business Concerns and the Banks, there would b*» a great migration to New Zealand. What appeals to them is the cheapei rent, fuel, food, fish and our great electric schemes; the freedom from foxes and snakes m the country also is a great attraction. Some peopit after starting poultry- and turkey farms have everything ready for the Xmas Market, when along would come the foxes and take nearly all, and the people would be nearly ruined.--' Sir Otto Nuimeyer is taking a very grave view of the -Money Question and says that unless people are prepared to go show and save every penny/ the great Commonwealth will be bankTupt. There is great agitation against Mr Scullin 'and his Minsister going' home next Thursday and leaving the -Count--vy to sink or swim m such a crisis. It'sfunny when they absolutely depend on England to help them out that there should be articles m the Press such as "What's the Matter with England ?" and ':''What England Ought to Do." Patronizing articles tendering advice and ideas and saying what ' Conservative, Old-fashioned people the British people are compared with the very wide-awake, Up-to-date people m Australia — what a pity New Zealand does not strike out for herself, .instead of following British traditions so blindly. -Why do they. not make a type as Australia has done ? . Why, Australians are known all over the Wide Wor.ld as a type of their own and different from anyone else. What will Sir Otto Nuimej'er think of all these ideas? He has given out that he is not here on a Social visit to lake tea and lunch with 'people but to loo k. into at first hand and try to solve the great problem: "Is Australia able to carry on, or is she not?" The Unemployment is slowly and surely getting a greater evil every day. They say that both the .Government and the Churches have failed to help. There is a Society of Jewish 'Women, a Society of Catholic Women and the Salvation Army and they have bee., giving free meals and beds and doing all they can, but the Labour -people are very' bitter and want to blame someone for this Increasing Evil. The people who are suffering most are