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New Zealand Tablet, 11 February 1915, Page 43

c Considering that the Empire is at war,’ said the Prime Minister, in an interview at Auckland, ‘ the present prosperity of the Dominion is simply wonderful. Owing to the increase in prices of our principal exports, which, of course, it has been impossible to avoid, the country has hardly felt the pinch so far. The year 1914 furnished a record for the Dominion in respect to the value of our exports, the total being over £26,000,000, and there is every probability that this total will be exceeded during the current year.’