THIRD EDITION CHANGE PREDICTED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 11

THIRD EDITION CHANGE PREDICTED

U.K. POLITICAL PARTIES

SWING TO BALDWIN

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

“There is a good deal of disappointment at the failure of the Imperial Conference, but spade work has been done which will be to the advantage of the new administrators when there is a change of Government in England,” said Sir Alfred Bankart on his arrival at Auckland last week, bv the Rangitiki from a toui* abroad.

“The situation at the present time is ful of difficulties. The Home Govern-

ment is retaining power only by the help of the Liberals, and, as soon as personal differences which may exisl between Mr. Stanley Baldwin and Mr. Llovd George are settled there will no doubt he a change of Government. ' “All the recent by-elections have resulted in favoi 1 of Conservative candidates, while t lie municipal elections were m-great blow to Labor,”9 said Sir Alfred. W'L personally think that a change is imminent and that a general election would result in a change that would be advantageous as far as New Zealand products are concerned. Mr. Baldwin has declared in favor of preference for Dominion products, and if his party is returned a policy in that direction may be looked for. “The unemployment problem is tlio crux of the position and there seems a widespread feeling that the Labor Party wll be wiped out at llie polls on account of the. Government’s failure to grapple with the problem. Referring to the economic conditions, Sir Alfred said there was a tendency to preach optimism, but- the fact remained that world conditions were bad. There was nothing to he gained by crying “Wolf! Wolf!” when everybody was urgently needing a share of prosperity. As far as farming in England was concerned he had been impressed with the absence of co-operation among tanners in dealing with their own produce. On the other hand, Ireland was organised on similar lines to New Zealand, and Irish methods of marketing were far ahead of those of England. It Lfig- . land had more co-operation m the mailceting of her own products lie was inclined to the opinion that the market might not- he’so good for New /enlan s produce. Danish butter was still holding the market against New Zealand. There had been a great deal of comment about the dumping 0 tnssian wheat on the British market and the opinion was expressed in artiun «rcle that the Labor Government had an agreement with the Soviet. It .was .ill talk.