THE MAORI SPIRIT.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 12

THE MAORI SPIRIT.

TEAM WORK. / SIR EDWARD GRIGG. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, March 26. Sir Edward Grigg, now M.P. for Oldham, gave his constituents and their schoolboy sons a glimpse of life as we see it in the Dominion when he delivered a speech on "Comradeship" to over 300 'boys and their parents at the Hulme Grammar School. Sir Edward said that the spirit of comradeship, which expressed itself in many ways, and not least on the battlefield, was the distinguishing peculiarity of British school training. Other nations wondered what it was that made the English schools such fine training grounds for the manhood and womanhood of the nation. It came from learning to "play the game," not only for oneself, but for one's side, and also with due regard for the people on the other side. The only other people who seemed to appreciate that spirit as we did were the Maoris, the aborigines of New Zealand. Sir Edward, gave instances from his war experience of the way in ! which discipline, self-sacrifice, and the spirit of "playing the game" had been instilled into Englishmen. 'Some of the boys seated before him would be important men some day. A future Prime Minister might be present. "In those days remember your school," he said. "That is the way the best schools are built up. Play,the game by your own town and country. _ou have heard about the British Empire. We have great problems to solve. There is a tendency to attempt .to solve them by setting man against man and class against class. Don't -be misled, but get that spirit of comradeship, and you will do more for your country than by any other way." Sir Edward also gave credit to the industrial area of Lancashire for its part in building up the Empire.