FULL OF LIFE

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 91, 29 November 1928, Page 6

FULL OF LIFE

... ENGLAND SOUN : D AS EVER. BUILDING- BETTER, HUMES. "I went to England prepared t.o be. disappointed after an absence ot thirteen years, but I have coinej back filled with admiration for the old place,'? said the Rev. D H B. Malcolm, of St. Peter's Anglican Church, Wanganui, after returning to' Auckland by .the Ulimaroa, Mr Malcolm said that in the South ,of England he found marked signs of progress and <re.lative.ly little unI employment. He. knew, however, 'that conditions were not so favourable in the north. j One. of the. things that, impressed the traveller was the. extent, of builddng activity in residential localities. '•'They are going in for semi-detach-ed homes now," he said, "far more than for the old style of tenements. I noticed this improvement, particularly in the outskirts of London and Birmingham.". "•England has a tremendous amount 0 f life- in her," added Mr Malcolm, "and there i§ no doubt to ,myt mind tha.t she will, be a,s! sound as ever.'''