IGNORANCE OF EMPIRE.
LONDON PEOPLE PILLORIED. TRAVELLING SCOT'S REMARKS. P NEW ZEALAND M.L.C. AT HOME. (By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright.) (I (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, Juno 2G. In an interview, Mr. James Craigie, of Timaru, member of the New Zealand vi Legislative Council, who conferred -,vith pi I prominent Conservative and Liberal H j statesmen, said the public's ignorance of I and indifference to the Empire's welfare pr; I was astounding. irl j The mass of the people did not realise ti that the time was pone when Britain Isi was the only important part of the 1») Empire. V I British politicians must stir the w 'people's imagination and educate their a ; minds to grasp the modern meaning of Empire. fi The North of England and Scotland t! showed more interest in the Empire than V the south of London showed. He attri- A ! buted this to the feverish rush of London life in which everybody was special- si ised in his respective calling with no c; time to study wider.— ("Sun.") T t
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 151, 27 June 1924, Page 5
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