SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW

Taranaki Daily News, 30 March 1932, Page 7

SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW

PROGRESS THE KEYNOTE. SHOP WINDOW OF THE STATE, (New Zealand Herald Correspondent.) Sydney, March 24. Once again the Sydney Royal Show is in full awing, and depression or no depression this year it is greater than ever. It would seem that the producers and the business people alike,, realising that there would be many thousands of visitors in Sydney for the bridge celebrations, had determined that the display of the resources of the State should be the heat ever, and those hundreds of New Zealanders who are seeing a Sydney show for the’ first time are pertain to go home more impressed than ever with the possibilities of Australia and its ability to recover quickly from the serious setback it has received. ■ No matter what impression the city might give the show gives no indication that times are not normal. The entries this year constituted a record, and there was a wide representation of every ■State, as well as New Zealand. The Dominion is not so largely represented as in. other years, but economic conditions, no doubt, account for that. As in former years the show is a shop window of the State, and a marvellously dressed window at that. The primary and the secondary industries vie with each other iin making a display that will act as a magnet and attract more and more business, and on all hands there has been more than a suggestion of optimism, more than a suggestion of supreme faith in the future. It was as though New South Wales wanted to live down the reputation it has gained, and make a brave show that would indicate a detennina-

tion to battle against the overwhelming oddd of a Government that sees only ' one side of the great problems of the day. • There were more cattle this year than tn any previous year, and this is taken as indicating a desire to return to the land in the hope of finding the way out of the present morass. For some months there has been a campaign which has emphasised the bright prospects of those who leave the cities in order to till the soil, the idea being to encourage small holdings—but not in the manner desired by Mr. Lang—the further taxing of big estates. It is believed that settlement will come of its own accord, as soon as the world settles down and prices are stabilised, and the cost of production brought to within reasonable limits. There are more horses this year than ever before. It is in the horse section that the increase in entries has been so marked, necessitating an extension _of the night openings so that the big ring programme can be got through within the- scheduled time. The increase, in horses is certainly an indication of the trend of the times, for there has been a big failing off in the number of motorcars and trucks in commission. Motoring is one of the luxuries in which many land men are unable to indulge, so they have turned to the horse. Utility and riding classes are strongly in evidence at this year's show, and they make a fine showing in the daily .grand parades. Sydney loves the horses, and the hunting contests in the ring are always most popular among the vast crowds that go to the show. So far the attendances have been in ! keeping with former years, and this is taken as justifying a general belief that Australia is at last turning the corner, and can look forward to a return, before many months are past, of greater prosperity. The disturbing fact remains that t>ere are still 100,000 uneiiroloyed in New South Wales, but with ail that; this Easter season is a happy one, with business brisk.