FACING THE FUTURE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 115, 18 May 1931, Page 7

FACING THE FUTURE

MR FORBES OPTIMISTIC COUNTRY’S FINE ASSETS ENJOYMENT WITH LESS MONEY [ Per Prcbs Association. J LUHISiUIiUKLII, May IT. “1 have no lear lor inc luture of New Zcaiunu,” said lue I'iiulc -uiuisler, Hon. u. \\. Toru».s, uuiing tts »pcecu at tne Lhrioichuicn Buys- xi.gu • c..00l jubilee dinner last cveujig. au Luke lucr liie uuuais ol‘ Hie country w*lii an empiy cu«.s(, nud required u piciiy goou sporting spun, ua.iud Mr Forbes. mere were diincUH times ancud, but. tlie people Liud enough grit aiid uutermination to luce ana over* euiiic tncm. “1 am confident in our power to meet uur nuubics tutu uvcicu.i.c mem, ' uu .•>uid. “In the lust place we uuve one uf the finest couniucs in the world. au other country is as goud in climule, icrtnny aud the race m people wutcu inhabits it. 1 am confluent that cun lace our diincuitics with the same dogged as our buys did at lue front. They were looked upon us the most determined and mosi. courageous of all Cue troops. Thai spirit was shown in war time, and 1 urn confident that the same spirit will be shown against the difficulties of thu present time. We have got tu put up with the fact that our incomes have been cut considerably. 1 can speak for that, for 1 am a farmer, aud 1 know what, it is like, but we recognise that tucse things have io be met and we have to adjust our standards accordingly. “In 1882. when 1 attended the Boys’ High School there were very lew sixpences or shillings for the boys going to the school, but they enjoyed themselves none the less. Enjoyment consists in the way you look at things, and the spirit in which you take them. If we have to curtail things still further, as it is probably we will in the future, wt should be able to get just as much enjoyment in every way.’*