CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA!

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18705, 3 August 1932, Page 6

CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA!

AN IMPROVED OUTLOOK. DEFINITELY ROUND THE CORNER. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. The Hon. E. H. Farrar, a member' of tffe Legislative Council of Ne\Y South Wales, who passed through Auckland by the Mariposa, said the past two seasons for primary products had been the best experienced in Australia for many years, the pastures were in splendid condition, and production was at a high peak. It only required additional orders for produce to put Australia definitely round the corner.' The manufacturing industries were improving, and there was distinct activity in the building trade and architectural profession. The policy of the National Government was to replac# the dc' with work. Optimism Regained. Mr Stanley S.Scott, managing director of Berlei (N.Z.), Ltd., said: “Australians -seem to have recovered something of their former optimistic outlook and are lookng forward to the new season with more confidence than has been displayed for a long time. Several firms in Melbourne and Ballarat are putting on extra hands. I went through one large shirt-making factory in Melbourne, which is employing more operatives than in 1923, and ima■cihnes have been put into operation which have been idle for nine years. A great forward movement had been launched in New South Wales, to absorb a substantial proportion of tho unemployed. Local bodies were providing work for hundreds of additional men, and relief employment was being offer "d Instead of the dole." Use of Word “ Depression ” Barred. “In -some circles In Sydney the’ word 1 depression ’ is barred," said Mr I. J. Goldstine, Mayor of One Tree Hill. “It is- an example w’hich New Zealand might well follow. There is a general move for a return of confidence, and a distinct spirit of optimism pervade* Sydney.”