COULD SOON BE ADJUSTED

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 198, 10 November 1934, Page 6

COULD SOON BE ADJUSTED

Empire Farmers* Differences LORD BLEDISLOE'S VIEW WHAT HAS THE FUTURE IN .. ..■ STORE? ..,:.:. Press Christchurch, November 9. In his address at the luncheon given ■in, his honour at the show to-day the Goveimor-General, Lord Bledisloe, emphasised that New Zealand, farmers should endeavour to maintain friendly and close contact With the- farmers of the Olcl Land. His Excellency expressed the confident opinion that' any differences among"farmers in the Empire could soon be adjusted. "What has the future in store for you?" His Excellency asked, when speaking of the courage and resourcefulness shown by New Zealand farmers in their recent difficulties. "You have the pick' of Empire territories, nature's'richest' gift. Your sample of" hurflanity; British and Native, Is unsurpassed elsewhere. Your destiny is what you choose to make, it. With the help of industry and improved knowledge, with a careful eye to economy arid' above all. with' breadth' of vision—a quality difficult always to exercise in sUah .insular countries as New Zealarid and Great Britain. •■ ,' . ,'•"••• < : •'.>;•

"There are two friendly contacts or links of knowlede and sympathy which, as'your frjend and well-wisher, I would urge you to maintain as-essential to your lasting welfare. One is contact with your urban population and their reasonable ambitions, and the other is contact. with the farmers of the Old. L'andi

I "Whereas the Ottawa agreements tendI ed to emphasise the identity of interest between all Empire farmers, outside economic forces have threatened to neutralise them. As these forces abate, and evidences of abatement' are appearing .in America' and Germany, all pretexts for controversy within the happy circle of the British family of nations will, let us hope, subside. Indeed, I am perfeatly certain that even under present conditions adjustments can be effected without economic injustice or injury to any experienced and enterprising primary producer in Great Britain or New Zealand." His Excellency' added that the one reason'that he had declined anjnvitation to prolong his sojourn in New Zealand was his desire, knowing the agricultural conditions in both countries, to take some small part in the task of reconciling any differences that there were. ' ■ ■ • ; ''