A HOLIDAY VISIT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19986, 19 December 1934, Page 7

A HOLIDAY VISIT

DEPUTY-PREMIER OF N.S.W. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, December 18. Chiefly to renew acquaintance with his many New Zealand friends with whom he served in the Great War, Lieut.-Colonel M. F. Bruxner, D. 5.0., Deputy-Premier of New South Wales, arrived at Wellington by the Wanganella from Sydney this evening. Colonel Bruxner, who is accompanied by his wife, daughter and youngest son, will leave for Christchurch to-morrow night. He will return to Wellington for Christmas, and will later visit Rotorua and Auckland, from where he will return to Sydney on January 5. Colonel Bruxner said that they in New South Wales had been very glad

to meet the New Zealand trade delegation, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates and the Hon. R. Masters, M.L.C. "Although their business affected Federal Ministers,’’ he said, “we had many personal conferences.”

Discussing conditions generally In New South Wales, Colonel Bruxner said that there had been a healthy continuous improvement. Low prices were still the difficulty, but business had improved. Building operations were really very active. The railway figures had shown a marked Increase in business, both in passengers and freights.”