PIONEERS WANTED.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 171, 21 July 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

PIONEERS WANTED.

;! HOME AND OVERSEAS. j 1 The Countess of Iveagh is taking a! very active part in the spade work for ;next year's election. She writes, under .the heading, "Pioneers Still Wanted both; at Home and Overseas": ''The Prime j ' Minister has called the British Empire j our inheritance,' and it is indeed theje heritage, not only of British men, but of j r British women. The foundations of the t i Empire were laid by the courage, endur- a 1 ance and self-sacrifice of the pioneers, women as well as men. We must never J | forget the women of bygone generations, | who set their face steadfastly towards if | the unknown dangers and difficulties of't a new country, leaving their own and kindred and the comforts of civili-i ■nation for a primitive life on a new, n settlement in an undeveloped country. L I "Do we sufficiently appreciate the lone-j 8 jlinpss and hardships faced by those j a ; women who, for the sake of their chil- s |dren's future, founded homes in the t < waste places of the earth, and so helped , |f.o build up the most democratic Empire ! in the world? The strength of the nation << j'lopends upon its home life, and these i pioneer women founded their homes upon j English tradition, so that throughout the we find kinsfolk speaking the |SamQ tongue and inspired with similar j ideals of justice and freedom. What does } |the British Empire mean for the women iof the Empire to-day? ,'t. There are still women pioneers .inspired with the spirit of adventure, .with rourajre arid love of freedom, andi r| with the freshness of outlook and inde-! - pendente charar»tcri>ti.j of those who! Mounded our hcrita-e. Thev. too, are| i. helping to continue the work of the first; •jpioneei.-. >o tiiar, the children of to-mor-i c row may in their turn inherit an Empire! worthy of the sacrifice of our forefathers.! To the young woman of to-day—with her newly-born _ treedom, her newly-found I : responsibilities and her newly-awakenec' J sense of independence — the British i j Empire and all for which it stands mun' ■ make an inspiring and irresistible appeal ' ''.There is still the call for pioneers noti r | on 'y to go out and make new homes audi f help to found new cities in the bushland e ;of Australia or the prairies of Canada,! | but for the young woman : n every sphere -jof life, in the Homeland o. in the Domit'Jnions, to give of their best—of their ii; brains, their ent\usiasm, and their work I—in helping to build up a happier, healthier and more prosperous Common'j. wealth of Nations. British women have ) 'played a worthy part in building up an Ij Empire based upon the ideals of sjand liberty. They have bequeathed to us|i la glorious tradition, and it is for the!" irjwomen of to-day to show themselves] < worthy of their proud inheritance." !