NEW ZEALAND LOAN.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16813, 3 June 1926, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND LOAN.

THE PREMIER GRATIFIED. By Telcgrai S\ -Pn as Association.' DARGAVILLE, Wednesday. Referring to the successful flotation df the New Zealand loan of £0,000,000 in London during llic past few days, the Prime .Minister, Mr Coatcs, in a speech to a large and representative. gathering at Dargavillc to-day, said iie was entitled 10 regard what had happened as a vote of confidence, net only in the Dominion itself but also in Hie Government.

it was a splenclio testimony to Hie capacity, progress end integrity of the community uVO also lo the hig'i regard in which the stabMlj of ihe Government was held in the heart of the Empire. All our cards had been placed on the table. Our balance-sheet hud been examined and had received the approbation of the keenest financial crilics at Home. The over-subscription of the kuii in two hours apokfl for itse'f. It was now up lo ill of our people i,o live up to tlie fins reputation which N'ew Zealand had gained. It was quite '.rue w had our lit lie troub : es. industrial and otherwise, but with thrift, energy uid hard work on the pari of all sections of the community any clouds would soon roll away. He was firmly convinced the Dominion could look forward to even brighter days than had.been experienced in the past. The Prime Minister's remarks were received with enthusiastic applause.