ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 113, 15 May 1911, Page 3

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

*— — • j THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL. ! (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, 31st March. Though tho Queen Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace will be unveiled in May, the whole scheme will still be fihort of completion. The representation of Hew Zealand, which ia to be on the great, pedestals at the base of the group, will uofc b& added for some x-ime yet. Tho pedestals are there, but the ornamentation and lettering and the imposition of tho figures,- symbolic of labour, justice, and co- forth, is in the indefinite future. "New Zealand" will be cut on two of the square pedestals, that of "Labour," a lion, and a peasant, being one of tho two. PATRIOTISM v VOTE CATCHING. "It will scarcely be' denied that nowhere in all tto world k the Democracy co etrong as in Australia 'and New Zealand," writes tho Pall Mall Gazette, "yet in both of those Dominions the principle has been definitely accepted that it ib tho duty of the citizen, to defend his country, and, therefore, to leai'K how te perform that duty efficiently. Not only so, but, as the zeeult of the filet coarse of two and a half months' instruction in camp, New Zealand i& able to congratulate" her&slf that not only the people in general, but also ■the recruits who havo been eompulsorily trained, have nothing but good to say of the training which Colonel Godley has so ably conducted. Finally, the opinion of the Evening Post is that the principle of compulsion, instead of damping military enthusiasm, as Sir lan Hamilton and Mi\ Haldane profess to fear, will give it a- great •fcimulus.' But in New Zealand patriotism comes first, whereas in this country vote-catching for a party is the primary object of our political -charlatans who pose aa 'statesmen.'" THE WHITE CITY. Mi- Imrie Kiralfy is providing a great spectacular display at the White City, which is sure to be one of the leading Coronation attractions. The exhibition will be a representation on a colossal scale of the British Empire. Through sixty acres of magnificent palaces visitors to the White City will wander, amid the famous temples and palaces of the Indian Empire,' along the street* o* Delhi and Amritzar, over the sweeping prairies of Canada, amid the rugged scenery of New Zealand, and the lonely desolation of the Australian bush. The series of waterfalls will be among the striking features of ihe Exhibition, and will include Niagara, Zambesi, and Wairoa. Air. Kiralfy nays 'that a, tour of the grounds will be an education, and will emphasise the vastness and unlimited resources and possibilities of the Empire. • . IMPRESSIONS OF NEW ZEALAND. The Rev. A. B. G. LSTingston, of Hull 2 one of the members, of the Decent Mission to New Zealand, has bean telling the people of Hull what ihe Dominion arid its people are like. Two comments of interest are those on Women and the Vote, and ihe trades unions. He says : — "The women had the vote, and_ they exercised it chiefly on the prohibition question. They seemed to take very little interest in it. They had no big naval or military questions to consider or international problems to solve, so that the questions which camo before them were extremely simple.. In! spite of- the votoj woman, generally speaking, was the' drudge and the slave, and she had a very hard life. As to the laws of the Government, Mr. Lillingstonsaidhe thought no manoug'nt to 'enter- our Parliament without* seeing how the theories iv New Zealand and Australia worked out. They could experiment in a new country in a way they could riot in an old country. He had been told that it was cheaper to send Home -for the- finished „ article than to pay heavy duties on raw materials. The trades' unions worked for the weak, and that was quite right, but he "had been told that in some cases their leaders had inculcated pernicious doctrines. Men had been told not to work too hard or to do too muchj ihe less work they did tho more there would- be for others." ENGLISH RUGBY UNION. ' New Zealand Rugby footballers will be glad to read that 'the Rugby "Union committee has , decided to invite tho representatives of the rmions of Oveiseas Dominions to the meetings of tho Rules Sub-oomnrittee, : as :weu as' to general, meetings of the committee when the laws of the game are under discussion. This action is a 'concession 'at an opportune moment, and under the new regime New Zealanders will have a direct influence in ihe control of tho rules of "Rugby." Many English players regret that more^ consideration was not given to tho batch of/ suggestions which Mr.' George Harnett brought back from New . Zealand and • Australia three years ago, after his managetfKnt of the Anglo-Welsh tour.