THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 108, 12 June 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

ENGLISH BUBAL TROUBLES. The difficulty in dealing with the agricultural labourer—and one of the reasons which make effective organisation among them so hard- —is firstly that their status varies so from county to county, and secondly that they are usually dependent upon their employer to a degree almost inconceivable to the town worker for housing and the right to work at all. The stories of the frauds practised upon them in connection with the Insurance Act told at this same conference would be unthinkable in the very lowest grade of town workers; yet not only did these men allow themselves to be robbed without protest, but they dare not appear ot witness against _ their victimisers.— '' Daily News.'' EMPIRE DAY.

Whoever has had any opportunity of observing the movement in progress will be aware that the celebration has been looked forward to with absorbing concern, which parents, as well as children, have felt,, that great social and domestic preparations have been made for the Day, and thyfc its keepingup was whole-hearted'among-.young and old. It is gratifying evidence that the effort to belittle Empire Day has utterly failed. The sentiment of the oe* casion has fixed itself firmly in the public mind, vast majority of the youth of 'the country have proved apt pupils in the great lesson of Empire, which is thus being healthily inculcated. —"Daily Telegraph." CANING SCHOOLBOYS,

The average individual, lacking the strength of will or the sarcastic speech or the power of ehaff by which the wise hold unruly youth in check and lead it up the steep slopes of Parnassus, is driven back upon the use of constraint in some form. Probably he has no abstract belief in the virtues of the cane, though Meredith declared that the boys who had not had Busby in their youth made ill-balanced men. But he finds that without it there is danger of anarchy in the class-room; and he does not like to reveal his own weakness by constantly calling in the headmaster. With the ideal teacher there would be no cane; if the cane is in constant application we may be certain that the teachers are not ideal.—"Daily Mail." QUESTION OF ATTIRE.

Female politicians notoriously care little for their personal appearance; they have no need. They are above such frivolous considerations. They are serious. Indeed, the discerning eye can detect a lady leaguer at one glance in the thickest crowd. In the first glance, she wears no feathers. In the seeond, she wears no furs; and in the third, she walks in an aura of such mystical dignity and spiritual beauty that she sheds a benignant glow on her surroundings. What an exquisite world it will be when this charming standard passes into universal use, and woman, as a sex, has no longer a feather to :flv with. '' Age."