MR. FORBES’ CONFERENCE

Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1930, Page 8

MR. FORBES’ CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE PROSPECTS JAIPORTAXCE OF EMPIRE DOMINION'S PROUD REPUTATION 4 (By Wire —Special to News.) yAuckland, Last Night. " Speaking at a farewell ceremony prior to his departure for the Imperial Conference, the Prime Minister, th© < Hou. Ct. W. Forbes, eaid in attending the conference he knew he went first and foremost voicing the very stro feeling of the loyalty of New Zealandifor the Old Land. Personally he could not have any other sentiment towards the Old Country. He had been brought; up in,.that atmosphere all his life. They were "our kith' and kin” in thtr Old Land, and he realised that New Zealanders would stand by them through' thick and thin.

There existed that strong sentiment, that was better than any tiring put oil paper. AVhile New Zealand felt cowards the Old Land as she did there was no need of parchments. He felt that the New Zealand representative at the conference would be in one of the strongest positions of any because he would be speaking for a people who were all of one mind.

One matter of great importance that would come up at the conference would be that of Empire trade. In New Zealand they had given a practical expression of their sentiment for the Old Country by giving her manufactures very substantial preference. Theirs waa no mere lip service, and in the 'Hd Country that expression had been greatly appreciated. New Zealand liad every right to feel proud of her financial standing at Home. Iler reputation stcod higher than that of any of the other Dominions. New Zealand undoubtedly had her troubles. There had been a substantial fall in the value of her products, but she had experienced lower prices in the past. Costs were to ; day higher, but the whole thing was a matter of readjustment. There were great possibilities for the increase of New Zealand’s products. He felt sure that in a few short years her production .would be doubled, and with that prospect in front of them there was no need for the people to feel pessimistic about the future. New Zealand would soon get over hei‘ difficulties. It was a matter of readjustment, and then she could confidently face the coining years.