WHITHER, NEW ZEALAND?

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 22, 27 January 1936, Page 8

WHITHER, NEW ZEALAND?

A large audience greeted Mr. I'. Fitzherbcrt, the speaker at the Rationalist Association meeting at the Strand Theatre last night. The lecturer visioned Nn\ Zealand in the when, by a scientifically planned organising of the labour power of the whole people, and a more equal distribution of the natural wealth and the harnessed aid of mechanism, poverty would be banished, and a higher standard of living established, with more leisure for the pursyit of happiness and the arts. Mr. Fitzherbert quoted the example of Sparta and other Grecian provinces that 2000 years ago readied a high standard of civilisation, which by wise control and distribution of national resources, led the world in the physical perfection of their people, and the flowering of art and literature. He opined that New Zealand, with the aid of modern science and mechanical invention, could and would lead the world out of its worries and man-made depression to wiser and happier conditions that would be an object lesson to other communities to follow, and appealed to our men and women to think and study social economics and help Mr. Savage and his Government, by enthusiastic co-operation, to make New Zealand the leader to world betterment. The audience enthusiastically applauded the address, which was followed by screen scenes from the life and work of the late King George V., the audience, | at the request of the chairman, standing i silent for two minutes to pay i-espect tot his memory.