DAY BY DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18661, 13 June 1932, Page 6

DAY BY DAY.

The nation will be deeply grateful to the Prince of Wales The Princo for his decision -to go and himself to the North and His People, examine the depressed . area along* the Tyne, says a London paper. This Is not the first time he has undertaken such a mission. In previous years he visited South Wales and the Tyneside, in order to obtain direct personal contact with those In distress and give them ‘the hand of human sympathy. The Tyneside in recent years has had to suffer grievously for no fault of Its people. ' The war brought an Immense development of its armament and ship-building industries. When peace came they were left without orders—though without them the war could never have been won. The consequent distress was- accentuated by the fact that no tariff protected Its remaining industries against unfair foreign competition. And, finally, in the last three years it has been smitten by the severest trade depression In world history. The Prince represents- the nation, and his presence in that region of suffering Is a pledge that whatever lies In man’s power to aid the North will be done. There is this to be said .that now there is at least a prospect of better things. The tariff has come. It cannot effect any sudden transmutation; but we hope and believe that it will help tho Tyneside and gradually strengthen and revive its industries.