CONDITIONS ON THE SHINE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16042, 1 February 1923, Page 4

CONDITIONS ON THE SHINE.

NO''SIGN' OF : POYKaXX. The ;afoc .of prosperity worn by the towns- the banks of the i; Rhine. was common ted,’ upon by Mr, Heiivy CoCt-enll,, o£ Christchurch, who returned/ to 'Ngy/ Zealand 1 by the Remuera. /'Mr.^Cotfei’lli..}eft the Dominion in Jlai’chilast, and,,yy{is, in Germany iri the latter.par^.pf"July andi“flie ifirdt weeks of* August. He'journeyed up the Rhine by v was , aipazed io, find there was no* the slightest sign of.'poverty among the residents of.jipe many centres of popukiti6n which were passed through. There, was, on the other hand', every indication of industrial progress,, ans it was a common sight to see, great factories working qt fall pressure right through the night. Progress on tlie great waterway was often' impeded by the endless stream of barges which moved up and' down the ■river,;cariying raw materials and coal to thd manufacturing plants, or conveying the finished goods to the great distributing ceptrear i, At- the time of Mr. Cotterill’s visit the mdrk Vas; beginning to decline in. value, and tlf6 visitors wondered liow the salaried 1 class and 1 the. worker® managed to'imeet-'l.Hvir' living [expenses. A tip ,of 6d tong-icagrielcror porter -was accepted with, an extravagant display of gratitude, while a tip of iltd Value of Ijd was received) witl}; .many smiles- ' /Mr..' at the time the g reat/Eascisti uprising was inaugurated, with the; demonstration of 100,000 “Black Shirts.” From what the casual visitor could see, the populace was strongly in favor of .the movement, which, had completely overshadowed 1 and l supplanted* the activities of the Socialists. The only disorder that, occurred’ during : Ootterill’s visit was the result of a ’brush between the WFascisti and! the Socialists. The Fascisti flag was flaunted! through the quarter where the Socialists : bad> congregated, and’ a fight fob MSbm *