PRE-SESSIONAL ADDRESS.

Bruce Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 41, 26 May 1910, Page 1

PRE-SESSIONAL ADDRESS.

THE MEMBER FOR BRUCE A Statesmanlike Speech. Silt J- O. WARD'S SPEECH CRITICISED, DEFENCE OF THE DOMINION. fNCIIEASE IN TAXATION. NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL LIFE.

Mr James Allen, M.P, for Bruce, gave a pn>sessiooal address in the Coronation liall, Milton, on Monday evening. There was a very good attendance of the electors, and the Mayor (Mr J, A. Duthie) presided. On coming on -the platform Mr Allen was heartily received, The Mayor in opening the proceed ings said Mr Allen was so well known to them that an introduction was unnecessary. In fact, in Bruce Mr Allen was in a better position than anyone else to introduce his chairmen,— (Applause).

Mr Allen said sinco ho last tuet, them the hand of Doiiih had been busy and he would not bo doing his duiy if he did not ni 'ko reference to the Empire's lons in the death of King Edward the Pe'.ce maker, Thatdea'h hud bound together 'ho whole Empire as one in a bond of respect to Ihoir late King, and in sytn p<thy for his untimely death. More P'-tr-ucularly was it noticeablo tho fooling the King'. l - death had aroused in India where 000.000 of his late Indian t-übj eus hud walked barefoot, for two miles in a proceesion out of respect to their late King. Then there was tho untimely death of Mr Baume, member for Auckland, Ho (Mr Allen) had been associated wuh the late Mr

Jiaumo on the Education committee, and no ono was moro keonly alivo to tho importance of that committee nor ono who gave his best to tho service of thtu committee and to the country. His party ties wore sirong in him and if he had not been so strongly a party man, the Dominion wouid Dave known more of him and what was in nim. Then there wus the laio Dr Hockou whoso work was woithy of every commondaiion and oce„ tho young might copy with advantage.' Then these local casus which hud oc* curred, which, ho we v. r, ho eould not then lully dwell upon, riulliee it to any that he had teit tor those who had been bereaved. The questions he would speak specially on thut night were, delonce, taxation, and New Zealand National life, but before doing so ho would briefly refer to some sentences from tho riUME MINiSTEii'iS SHIECII At Wmiou recently delivered, and widely and fudy reported. He wouid noo have rtierrtd lo m tin u.O an but ihoy weie ihe Wurds ot a i'limo Minister and were words coming irtiu sucu a source us guVo mum sume ojusiUoitibiu weight. Auyuiic reading that*' tspocch would liiwl that Sir Joseph \\ard, wlien dealing' with any opposition of hniif-01l or to his (Jovorniueiir., v.'horo he. had no argument-, used words ol tins kind, " deliberate niitereprcsontalion," " misiepicsentaiion for political ain.s," agnist the cettiilry," "carping erit and wniiung out loans to local Unties. ' Ilic.se uoi'os wore not argument, and were, not aai.iwcr.-i to anything tnat might haw been said by the Opposition. JuiKe, Un- instance, tlic

01'" -M ii i'j^JjNTATiO.s Tile Opposition had constantly pointed out that Uie Government iuid been ext-ru-v;.gaut. 'i'lic proot and the truth of what Liny had bant, though ftir .lowepii. \\ a-ru liuu otiuu called it itiisrepret>oill auon, was, m lilts in*u admission, that ho could save jjZbU,OUU a year \vu.ltout. impairing t.lie elh L'U'ury ol (.no I ml Venice. The lippo..ili;>n luni represented that there uei« lm proper charges made on the i'ulilic Works i' r.iiti —ma itit eiiiince ana repairs and Mien .ikc. I he p'rooi that whai tney had .->aiu v. a.? c.'l reel u as mat gradually most o. 1..i.e had i) c t: a tran.-ien i.'d duck again to u.e (.'oii-soliilatoil JL'iujii, wlieio liu-y ought always to lnno been. As to nusroprc.seuiaI Kin ior political aims, the Unpiouion or n km I tin; ehaiyo altogether —indeed, tlie n<-ot was on l.ne otlier ley. and he In-io in ms hand a coipy id onv oi 60 Mtei'ls ol electioneering material issued lor tiovernnii'iit candiuates at the elect.on i>cioro tii i last one. His aitdienee would note in rui lines ttie lnisropreM'iital.ion.'i with retjard t<o injures ,-jgned by ins own i;a:ue at u.e end, and which haa never been ue.iied, aim uitiid not Ik.- denied. The wnoie »neet wav. a u.v.-ue ot misrepresentation... \\ it..i regan. to Uie giautiateii land tax i.ie rrinie .win imi.t liiui had to I Kick u< i. n \> ltd regard u. ine reniarus i;e mane ab-.tti Air .\ias.sey, a.id lie .'-uowen i.a geie r<<.~i)y ill all lo i jo so ot ilie t ipposltion uiiu goL hnn oil! vi li:s *u...cuity wiih regard i« his Lam. IjiU by as iney inu, tiuit u.i grauuauxi laiKl lux was I'-- 1 pioper mean, ol compelling' the la rye estates to U. vlivided up, with the result, .-o lar a.s Ute\ peifcouaay were concernvd, that, largo laiiu owners who had been sup:>.mrs oi their;, uropped them altogether. t<i tho who words of declamation against ti.:>■ country, they were words and nothing' else, to tho carping' criticism, TIIK OPPOSITION HAD CKITICISJiD, and s%'oiil<l continue to criticise, the administration of the Government, and the bad legislation whenever they thought, it lxad. They would criticise I no continued attempts to lessen parliamentary control, the adjournment ot Parliament: because the Prime Minister wind to England, and, if necessary, they would continue to criticise tho schemed submitted to the people wiiich they believed to be misleading' and involving' the country in great responsibilities. For instance, lie' ha<l year alter year told the eleeeors • I hat, .some of t.he superannuation schemes put «n the Statute Book by the Government wore unsound, and that the members oil those funds were living in a fools' paradise, and the proof that he was right wan in last year's Financial Statement, where it was seen that the hud already to come to tho assistance ot nearly every scheme on the 'Statute Book. The Opposition had eritieiWd (lie absence of sinking funds for the loans, and had said that the loaiii of tho Dominion

coukl be raised much more ;h1 vaii(;i if sinking funds liatl been provided, and the proof that Unit criticism was a sound ono was in this fjit't that Iho Prime j\l in)Vter himself h;id now conic round to that opinion, and in speech at \\ J nt on declared himself in favour of sinking funds for every one of our loans, and in the fact that ho had already admitted (he wisdom of applying sinking funds to I lie old war loans and sonic others. If; wan true, the Opposition had criticised, and strongly criticised, the vaiums Land Bills iiilroduced, hut what did the Prime Minister's own colleagues .say with regard to the. hill of 1896?—-that it was quite imp< i-sihlo to make it workable. As l« whining over the LOANS TO LOCAL ISODIUS,

the Oppi'fition certainly did oiij.-ct, awl still objected strongly, to the repeal of the law which allowed t.he local bodies to g'et money tor absolutely neoes.'-ary development works from the Crown at oi j>or cent,, for 41 years. The Opposition looked upon it; as tho one means of -mitigating the evils now perpetuated under the votes for roads and bridges in the Public Works Estimates. The Opposition whined, if the Prime Minister liked to call it so, over the new bill which dealt with assistance to local bodies last year, with the result, that, the Prime Minister had to modify his bill, and the local bodies were now gelling the benelit of loans raised at a discount being considered as at pur, and Ihcy had to pay the interest on the loans ;is though they had been raided at par with 1 per cent, sinkingfund for 56;> years, lie only referred to these remarks of the Prime Minister because they were the Prime Minister's remarks, because they went far and wide throughout the .Dominion, and because owing to his position as kader in Parliament his words might be believed. On othe" occasion* the Prime Minister had complained thai; the Opposition had never gi\en him credit ior what he had dune and had never helped. Thai, was equally as untrue as the other .statements. lie had not lime lo go over the niany occasions <.,u which the OPPOSITION HAD ASSISTED

(lie Prinio Minister--when they had tsacriJiceJ themselves to help liiiii, —Imt if (lie liun. gentleman nad any !'w-iiy, he was bound lo admit thai, •,villi regard to the (Jld Aye Pensions Act, tlie amendments which encouraged (ho t iuil'i y had been urged by Opposition members from Ihe time the act started. 11c ought- alio lo admit, with regard to the worked' homes, though llic wished lo take i lie < i i dit, tiiat Mr Massey was en tit led to e\cu more credit than the Prime Minister was. Willi regard to land .settlement linanec. Mr Malcolm gave t : h(3 Prime Minister the lead there, and with respect lo defence—well, surely the Prime Miniiter ha.- audited a lead from .some ol the Opposition too. Jle would re lor at. so mo length that evening to this one MATTKU OF IMu'l'M'sfK,

bi'iause ne rcaii-.-ed \\ii.ii gnat, tne cnange tlial, nad come over I lie l.'rnne •Ministers mind, and lie wi.-iieu Id mv lhal m uie action lie look ia-i > i,- :| | U ' m t j,,. action lie propo.ieu to tane m n K . coming .H'ur, I Hong ii ,i,. dnl- rcu in Ueta us, ycl on getcral luineipe-.-. In iiaU .Mip|aii (jic non. gent leman, and would .Mipp. rl him. iUM " ;ul already .-talcd ilia I lie wa-s prel'a,ou "it ihe plati. rni and do mi. i«e was entirely n, a,cord wim tho prol"'-- 1 ' '''af the a.:e ol national serviee .-Itould he rai.sed j lo CO \ ears. \o ooubi, In.-; audience v..,.s av. ari! oi"ii WJ act ot la.-a. ycai which so co,j;.j.!riely allured the system ol dolenco, imposing as it, <Ud national service uj i to Ihe' of Zi, begin, mug wilh tne junior eadets at 1". witn lue >et:lor uuKsU al ;), with 'ne general training section uom lo lo atK 1 a territorial force. A.iar a., details weie concerned, he could not see now a territonai uace on \oltuile,-. principles, where l lieir numbers were not isulhcKMit aii<( were suppie.ncnied by' ition Iteiiiy balloted in irom ii,e general tnuiimg sv'ction, wa.i going t,> U ' U .-k wtlislacimily. 1 lie proposj io raise the ~e'e to c--o year.s wo U ,d targely gel riii ol ilio'dili,. , ' UU -' • ''e were olne,- di tails iie had not nicniioikul in the iiou-e, nioie witn «'»' luiving ill.mii ii>iiier<'il lhan ol oujcelnig ,o any bill lor instance, a> undorn.niv in' estabisnnient between our.-elve.v and 'ihe Mother ounti\. ihe Prime Mini>ier had iilech'ed lnm.>eJi to tins unitormnv when he w h <it aml u ■" i»t. noped be luanitain-ed. The t, ;l zeMe, howler, made the peace est ab! ,„h,nem o, a A ; , .' lV / "' ;iln,t ,»'h'"i'ry CMinpan \ u, wiierea^ 1 li. \\.ll a •'""Kuiy was IZi). Tne peace cilablishor u, battalion in \ew Zealand was U ' , aiU( liiat "1 I lie Ten iloriais in ''.inland wai lUu'J. j, " ul l , lK ''-' n «-h':ir what ilio «ai -Ul,.lit. <,f a .New >.;•«,;,. ! ci infamy •-ouipa.n/. ought to I:,, | )Ut ~ uU ., ;|li a , ; |- ate, to be li'J, and, as lar a'., );<■ kneu •neiu, the peace and war bate. In tlueountry were ldenlaal. !( ~,. n . a; are , '•hat iNew Zeaiand v,as n-oi C( in , (J aniionnity with i lie M.-tner t'ou/dry with ner mfanlry c<iinpan:i.-, al o'i. AnolJie-r diiliculty a lose udh ivuaid lo ihe selccl ion ol only ZU.ODU ),„• U,, ierruorials undei ihe pmn-. ~.f >u J'Otwt-oa tile agei' o, io and'k. tlC'io were some Oo.UGu men in (he .uinion, and to delect 20.UUU out. <jf ih, was not: an easy problem. As ■ natter ol fact, the Home authorities re commended iO.UOl) for Ae V v ZeahiiiJ J|,. ">ui ojjim.,l). was that, (J,,. v , ;l/ ~, ljl; _ ..thj.eity was to make the cxempiium. e.xten.Mve, aii.l t-i -, i t ; i ii'ain tne n.'-l. a l <'\er t.,ie greai dlllictlitv o: i'.v ballot ~i ot l: i■ i wee, y-'liia. 1 - /"d i.'l, ne.ieve lor a nc niei.t otild Ih '."islaclory. Prom w,,:it, ,a,i been stale .-ol d Jviicnener s scheme was to I)-' partially adoptcu. Ihe i->ominii;i uas to |.i •hucled into ic.-s \ii>;n;i.« Iran la;n, Jxitchencr .aiggcfjjed. wiiicii wa.> jwhiabh enough, and ten cadeis were to be sent 1< the Mtlitaty (.ollege in Au-lralia. lor train ing. Ono great dillieull\ wouid be th. olhcering ol the 28 disi'riet,-. and. as he nad already said in the press, he did not think the\ could (ind in .\ew Aealand siilli eient oflicers to properlv take lusts. If wo could tn;t, he wouid no! hesitate to get them from outside until w< eould train our own. Tin; cost of the .-.cliemo was set down al between £u50.00l and £400,000, which was. c,v -t-!I?.n fidi;

aJ;ovo t.lio present com, ami for tliis wo certainly .<.oiLd get ..-ouietiung like etliciency, whion we <mi not have now. [ Xliero was another unticuity that had to bo met, and ho joint d u;likls Willi tlie i'lime Minister to xr.:uatilns countryiiien to meet it —tlic am.cults with regard to employment. lucre was bound to be some hardships and in.U:rfer<Mi<.e with industry, but the protection that would bo alforded to industry by an cllieient ftrce was, by way of insurance, a worthy one lor them to meet, ami vv; rytn.dy ought to join ham La and try to meet it. Ae> a matter of fact tlio experience of other countries was that tin 1 nitorieix.'iico xvitli industry \va.s not as i>mit as anucipateu In Switzerland for wnore tiiere was a highly organised imiui-try, employing many thousands <jf worKer.- in every brand) ot Konnical industry, and slanuing as it aid iu tiro forefront ot modern nations, both in the output per head and in l.in: quality of its mamilacture's, they had louut; laafc i'.,:Hers.U military training: did not "involve any ajipwjoiaUo Jiiterlerencc witl. employment, and was renamed by employers and employed anno as not only t;ie just aim' natural syoioin tor tlio <lofence <-'f tlio country, but as a valuable contribution to pliysicul and induistnai education, that was an extract ironi a pretace written by 1/ofd -Roberts to a booi; entitled "A Territorial Army tit Being.' in tlio same book there were iuither reference's to tins question ot employment, ior instance: "Luring the maui period ol training' m Switzerland—a period o, three or four months—employers would be 1 deprived of not more tnan Z.o per ot the nation's available iabour, and 01 course iu the cvi.se ot Jiia fortnight'* lai.oui would bo much less than this>, especially as all tho men would be trained at t-ame time.' In the tame book it was stated: " ft tonus an integral pa it of the national education and cojiuluu to tlie moral ami' p.nsicai wellare ol tne SwUs people. it brings together ail clashes of tne community in tj'i< ndiy conuat!e>hip and cooperation ill tho I'jminoii cause, and appears to entail but slight liueitereniv with the industrial liie of the people." fie made these extracts and ottered no comment on them, because he thought they answered the (jiieMtion with regard to employment. (Jur defence l depended, no doubt, in tin; first instance, 11(1011 supremacy at sea, then upon the efficiency of flome defence, and thirdly upon the power of mutual help. These were the principles laid down by the fJoine authorities, and they could not be controverted We were preparing bv our legislation, he hoped, for an efficient Home' defence, .and potnbly for mutual help in time of recti, tie wanted now to make some reference to the »SEA SI rUEMAC l

and til,' Jsa\al D deuce .vet oi iLiG'J. iii.i audience wus aw aro thai tne Uoiniiiion Had made pioviHun to jj_ay iho co.it, 01 .1.1 Lmioidiiaoic -apiir.t.wina... iy ui money, - wuli a11 un;;I charges 01 and -oiUlUJuu i:i nelp to man U. U l,u, he ui> JUlilon Muni' iii.K' \mii, IV-a iII Id 111'' JII radliOii;.;ni our;, lIV ,-itHi n„i? miirciy jii aco.nl j Ui u.i.: *l'»tn..T 1..111U11 t v Uliil a ui i '.oiuou- In Hi' lil< >i > . IJ' 1 l|i' lir.'ll urrr nman ml' ,-,!kh.

ami j11• ,i-.s:i,iioil uiul >•>«!* nam n,.0 111 111', i",.-'ll 11111 it'll k; Ilii ii winch led liiHm: the piopo.sai. wiiiUi jlilnrinaiiuii wa.- in »l. in I lie J)Om-c.-..>iuii ol die lie regretted lo y tjj.it in In.- opinio!!, iin.' conul i y hud been -omeu li;il in I.^.lt'll nvcr tin' niatier. ,-\| ;t;i lmormal niei.'l tug ol meniijers ol tin- iJou.-e before tir ,J. G. Wart, Weill Hume. tin- ou.'slion was discUssod, ami ll was clearly established that ili:: l'ninc bail used nillueuiv.-, ■with the press, lor what rcai-oii he knew not, bul, which certainly had hail a ver\ elicct in foinung (he public opinion. A telegram was tsont on Maich 22 la.sl year under .slnctU coiilidentiul conditions !o I lit' ediiuis of papers, improving unon liieni that, the .->iination was much graver ihan was geiu'raily suppo:.'d or ita<l been published. With regard lo this telegram. In.' \v;m bound to say it was treating ineinlieis of the blouse in an ttniaii' way. .it led newspaper editors to believe' that the occasion was mud) more serious lhan a|<|leari '(I Hum the ■evidence that came out.. >Sir J. Li. Ward had not one tittle of ividetice in addition to what had already been published to justify him in telegraphing a.s he did. That he had also mlluerivd Cabinet in. he thought, an improper way, was evidenced by a .statemem of Mr Hogg afttr he left the Minis! r\. wiieii he said such words ai- these: "'Jin' miller was pla;> d beiore htm a.olio of great urgency and an occasion ol a lerrible crisis, and that they lnu-l eoine p> ( lit' iv.scue ol the Old Country." A.-, he had .-aid, he never hesitated and never would lie.-.itale to come to Ihe rescue if' t!ie Old Country wle'ii the Old Countn need'd it. but lie did think. in view o; liter "veni.-, that the Mouse wa:- lo a : arn ..tent misled, and that oar subselU<'• 11 actions had not been in liie best interests of Xew //ealand and it.- national ife. Iv :<r»linn the ■decision of the ilouie auilioriliis to place New Zealand's itidomitiiM" on the China station and h'nd. -o to speak, some of the cruisen, destnnrs, and submarines, he sa ; d that as elf-rc-:peetiug Xi'W Zealander he <-ouid not view with any satisfaction tin. 1 proposal to have upon the New /'aland const ■ iie,-e vesseit- paid for hy Briti-h n::»n<*; tiul liiiiiiiicl by British men. It would ■ave been very much betl"r for tit„ i;:»vt put our money into' the...' wwls. Ti:"'

.vero inlended f-t the d • fl-11ct• o> on, !i()~ '.'ticl oui' t);■ do ruure.-. and thu 11would have Imcl sc 111:* naiio-'a! i 11:-■ •!t a:;;! a rnnnoct'on with the". ••• ■ would hav ■ 1 ii ni'e'Yr 11 >!^■ t wry)iiiny i.i) a China sea Ir.domitable, '.'lie i'l'i.n.-' ?■!'n:-1 :t !i:i I sh • i •' rcan flic ('>;|i"::d;l'!)•;' upc.n < ("fence as a tncai:'nr extra:-1 itil>; further taxation out of tli ■ ,oo|i]<>. rc-iM'd cost on account of 1 lie dcfriKT u'iiiki- ils would be K):iiothiiiir like £300,000 o £320,000. hut tin 1 LNCI'KASKI) TAXATION

a.skrd for in tin' Hudsjft wu< £t4!s.am! ,t, woiiid be readily r<*athai tii.-> d<* enee ]iro|i< jsalwere not the ( nly reason or lln- propped ii:er<>as.> of taxation. In Iced, it would he found that the >ii| crimination schemes were making theni--i'lvco fell Uipon tin l people a.- he (Mr Mien) had said they would --railways ti he extent of £25.000 a year, polity to iie extent of £SOOO a war, public mm vie/ o' the extent of £20.000, and teachers to lie extent of £7OOO. atl'd ihey knew ii: e'jard to the hitler licit it oii'.'hl to he J17.000. \\ iia(■ lie had io <s;,\ was :i I: 'oasnir.ihle eare had been taken unb , ■ i'd in the expenditure, and. - : -m . m i,. , ;hown in n .-peel, to the remission of ta v a ion, tlciro would have- boon no t < r -a-ioi, or fn!(her taxation at all. The -un-hw • during pa>>t yea is had. acreridlv sneakin;. 1 . heon fairlv larii'e, and tax ii ion had bee: l used foiMho purpose of as-i>l the J'i:-b!:t W Qi'ks Fund, I Io would not say tliat was wrong, but it was heroic, and certainly the extra amount raised by taxation had led to

the extra extravagance going on. Did they want PKOOE OE THE EXTRAVAGANCE? there wa.s 1:0 lurtitei' argument needed than me aumiooioii ol une mine rvniuscer Unit ii.e com,. ~a\'e jj£,uo,UUJ a year, and more man u..u, without impairing the emeiency 01 1..0 civil service. it «as a pretty hcav\ .jurden 10 impose upon tlio people 111 one 'session, when new taxation 10 the extern or bs per lieau' was placed upon them ueciiuse, lor one reason, the

pie.-iCJiL rume .uinmei una ...rvasuicv nau, luring ins lour years 01 ou.ce, increased the expenditure over flis increaccd revenue .0 me extent 01 .mat sort of an.iy c..Ui-u j-Ob go on without increasing .axaiion. iiien, very tooiisiuy, tlio i'nme -..uinsiir had remitted tire sugar uuty of .'jcujji.vj a year, it was all wry well for he 1 i-iine iViuiister to try to explain, us no aid try to explain, tne increased; taxation, as represented by aLt Massey, at x>i is id per neau 111 iy .years. As a matter of lact, Mr iuasoey unuerstated it; out if he had included in it the increase 111 local taxation 111 10 years it would; nave been jji ity id, and now another ills aas to go 011. bir j. u. v/ard'a explana- ■ lon that this wa.s due to an increase in ■ne value of land did not get over tho iiilieuiiy, as he (Air .alien) understood it, at any late, and tne returns from the land ■ iad not increased 111 proportion to tho increased -values. Nor ,wus Sir J. G. A aid s statement with regard to the renna- ■ ions being i,<wo,ooo tlie whole truth. 1 here had been 11.creases which he iiiin-■-elt nad admitted 01 i/j.Ui,L)UU, and lie (tho -peakei; \emureu to say there were a great ii< al more, lor uador tlie preleiential larnt alone in a reNenu-e of £90,000 .i-ia collected, and tiiere had been increasea the giaduated iand tax, some, ol which 1 lie Opposition did not object to, thouirh iney certainly objected to that 'portion of ft whicli lmpotied per cent, extra 011 land ■ ;ut,; iieJd lor business premises, making a, between toun and country which • icy thought unfair. With regard to tile INDIRECT TAXATION > niougli tne Oustoins, as compared with oilier taxauon, n, j ia d fallen curing tho ia b t 10 oy d.o per cent., u nureas tno direct taxation had risen o,v tiiat amount, »»<•' iaii curing the ~.st 17 years as • '.gouia the iicicenuge ot the total revenue >• a. v mustiy in iood and lion-alcoholic driiika namely, per cent, to t\M per cent, •x he nad time that nignt he could go •-\ei tne various acts dealing with tho Cus'oms, aiKj show that every tune memoirs i tne Opposition party had done their utmost to reduce tlie taxation upon lood I'!vn, U,UL inol f. Cl -dit was nue to uiem even I'itiu t-u tlio uoveniii.^iu, Aow he came to his concluding remarks, -"id as promised, he wished to say 4 few '•ord.s with regard to NEW ZEALAND NATiONAL LIFE.

't Niia u matter that, at the outset, raised • ve\\ /.ealands poMiion us a- part oi the i'<nipnv itself. xJio.so who iiau Heard hiiu N»"«U nu L 1,.,, (jucotiou before would not in.-? complete loyalty to the hcliemo ' ''mpiie. Ai the Mine time they wero " r '! <!W iii tiio other end ~ Uurkl - J,H 'y »ere W years oij . , l niVl ', "Ui- di.uliva -uic.v Jiad had •UI siiuggles, they knew tne evils of "t old land,-,, and i,e knew that, most of "!■'» who were worthy juen m deter'.iiin.vl iiKit those evils would not be perpetuated Jiei'e, if they could help it. The | 01 "••iw.'iality and the development <>< ™ own national>e was .growing upon '» il«0 by day and it could not be stepped: indeed it, would be wrong k) uttempo to T l> IL , , A V y - pollllL ' I;ui wJi ° woulu stop W "°. UK . be d ! JJn o wroii'g, and the wise man ould direct it into the right channel, a£! ngnt, channel he b-Jlievcd to be loyalty to -lie hnipire, a . n d at the same time "•ya'lty to our national life in ,\ew Zealand, aj uu a., oiii- Empire \vtu> concerned" and uu connect i..n wnn it, there were great ' ; k ; u tie, and many nunds had been at "■'lA. to attempt to solve the problem. He .V?V- !• 1 JlliSfc ° IJ<J <,r twv of the sug'oils lor their consideration, the diffiI'uh.y being our representation as part of < Air Vv. f. K ,, UVC . S( w[m \ n t , . w,,lt, »K on behalf oi the British ,iad suggested that the ■■l,ll f'!' l! ! ICL>s w lneh wore periodi- ; ' .M be made permanent, and '■' Ml tiieie (should be attached to them a wtt 1 - ™ n - iahu » ° f ili'i!"li i l"' at ' LHI ". S Rluld l>e «»®ultative, I , ,i " ; .y ""tflit pa>s resolutions which """"I binding on their Govern'',l ' '^ h ' AM-cderick Pollock went I ,IH> • s ' l , mi ; ]i " es M'- Hooves, but 7,1 „"' h ! l:,t U,J Il[1 l)ena'l Committee »i the A i'ivy C ouncil slw-uid b;' appointed. tl v °. u,, « *.*! th^-e ' » •' IMiiiaincht 01- f . t »ii a ;-. 0 f 1Q ;" |HM deiil «•'<■» 'iuc.sii ns of an '"'J" l ' l ' l H-amrlr,'. To | lKil -'■ ti:. I ;ll A -|.n MHTV I'r I' i i. .■ .' ' ' . I ■ , , ' ' ' ' ' '!"<•: KJ devel p '' " " ! ' ll,ll l: ' ; 'J l;!i »<-. i h:> hoped at "" I,> M ", ■■'i'--!- : ■ i : ■ i>J>-■'i r,, have more to •'> «•.(!, regard to tile question. t» i,u tmihwv I'" tins M 1,.,, of a .New Zed a ixl national 1 '■ !)<■ cojilitiualiy pat before c ur i 1'"!'!" ■ >c.ij) : »l eliiloivn and grown-up "'-and Jiat wr; ou rht t 0 set a hi-rh anl _:mkl artempt. .-,o far as we could, " /•' s V U!<lard wlli( ' h would include : Pilienf, i,. th physical and o, , ■ !■; ;,|r which would strive ' ' '. n ' 1,1 ;i . il 'l"' ''vi's of the old w-irl.:l and r,; " s < ' x P"' , i< , nco, and w i h wou'd ■i-'f ,'i'an- every cue of-our people to gi*e • .h'ir b" t hycausn oily bv sottin-? sr-h ' ■"''•"'dar.i cjuld tii':y hope to brin^ 1 n 'l'. 7' i' <iy /?' () i 11:0 r where it i.jrhi | • be.—(Applaiifo.) X') mi "si ions worn adced. M:- " Meoro nnvod-"That this meetm-: accord-' Mr Alleir a* very hearh- vote for h's verv. clear and in+orestin- ;;, and ih o ntinu-d '"nnhilence m !nm is n:- iber for Bruce." M' A. P. Knight , 1 ' ndc'i the motion, /a inch was earned unanimously.