THE MAORI SPIRIT.

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

THE MAORI SPIRIT.

TEAM WORK. SIR EDWARD GRIGG. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, March 26. Sir Edward Grigg, now M.P. for Oldham, gave his constituents and their schoolboy gone a glimpse of life as we see it in the Dominion when he delivered a speech on "Comradeship" to over 300 lioys 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 distin- | guishing peculiarity of British school training. Other nations wondered what it was that made the English schools such fine training grounds tor the manhood and womanhood of the nation. It came from learning to "p!ay 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 da}'. A future Prime Minister might be present. "In those days remember your school," lie said. "That is the way the best schools are built up. Play the game by your own town and country. "You 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 ugainst class. Don't be misled, but get that spirit of comradeship, and you will Jo more for your country than by any 3ther way." Sir Edward also gave credit to the industrial area of Lancashire for its part in building up the Empire.