GONE DOWN THE RIVER
TO THB SDITOB OF TH« P*»S«. Sir,—Graphically the Minister for Public Works described the passing of the old Government, "They had gone down the river and the boards would float after tHem." Here is a philosophy of life—the stream of life ever passing on till you and I, each in our turn, are carried to the far beyond on its restless bosom. Premier or potentate, archbishop or magnate—down the river they must go. Though they stmt an hour, on they must pass with all the junk of a bygone age. But what New Zealand is doing principally at the moment—to vary the metaphor slightly—is to uproot the fetishes and overturn the idols, the false gods and dump them all in the turbulent waters of yesterday. Mr Semple is doing a great work teaching the people to jettison their old ideas, and accept the realities of a new age.—Yours, etc.. K. February 13, 1936.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21708, 15 February 1936, Page 22
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