THE FINANCIAL POSITION.
: INTERVIEW WITH PREMIER. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Sir Joseph Ward arrived this morning for the purpose of selecting one out of five proposed sites for the new Auckland Post Office. He returns to-morrow. He will visit Auckland again about January 15, remaining m the district about a month. In an interview Sir Joseph stated that the financial crisis m America had not affected New Zealand. All the million loan for public works had been secured at satisfactory terms, arid £800,000 for the purchase of /gilt-edged securities m London had been obtained without going on the London money, mar. Tkei._ The financial position of the Dominion had never been./ stronger than at present. The new tariff was having a very beneficial effect on trade. No established industries had been affected, while i. already three- new industrial concerns . yiere about to commence, as the result . of its operations.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11141, 3 December 1907, Page 5
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151THE FINANCIAL POSITION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11141, 3 December 1907, Page 5
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