Wood, in his New Year message said: "There are those who constantly pour condemnation on other countries with whom they do not agree and would seek to dictate to them as to how they should conduct their own affairs. Such people would be the first, and rightly so, to resent interference with our own Policy and our own democratic system of Government.
"If that is to be the policy of this country, the inevitable consequence would be war sooner or later. The National Government, for their part, are determined in the New Year to declared. "There should be a definite improvement in business during the coming year which must necessarily bring about a marked reduction in unemployment.
"The increasing efforts of Mr. Neville Chamberlain through his policy of appeasement to secure enduring peace in Europe will, I trust, meet with the great success he desires and while he is devoting his energy to that end it is the duty of every one of us to back him up and show our confidence in his leadership by being prepared to spend more and $0 make money circulate and trade prosperous.
"I firmly believe that if people would only be determined to disregard pessimists and gloom-mongers and adopt a more cheerful frame of mind it would do much to encourage British trade revival. That Iam sure epitomizes what si be the spirit of the country during the next twelve months and the new year's resolution for all "—Wireless through
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