CONDITIONS AT HOME

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16375, 24 June 1927, Page 10

CONDITIONS AT HOME

SOME IMPROVEMENT SHOWN ''From what 1 observed, and judging finni the general opinion of the people, 1 think things at Home-are a little better." This was a statement made to a Palmerston North reporter by Mr. M. N. Wallace, who has returned to Palmerston North after a nine months' business trip abroad. The recent strike hud spriously interfered with the country's progress, was the opinion of the Palmerstonian, but nevertheless there were prospects of a trade revival, and this year the unemployment problem, although still bad, appeared to be slightly better than hitherto. The speaker referred to the tremendous amount of advertising which was being carried out by the railway companies at Home., one particular case being instanced to show how the propaganda was used to force the populace to a realisation of what the coal strike had resulted in. This was a poster on the L.M.S. railway group, stated Mr. Wallace, which showed that whereas over 200 blast furnaces had been in operation prior to the strike in the area served by the company fhcro were then only four being maintained. "The amount of coal produced is improving in output now," be said, "and what has astounded everybody is the manner ill which England has recaptured fur market for export coal." Commenting on the newspapers, Mr. Wallace dealt briefly with the manner in whiidi (he Press rapidly published results of (lie various events of the day. The tone of the. English newspapers was better Shan that of the American journals.