NEW ZEALAND’S PEOPLE
LORD BLEDISLOE’S ESTIMATE SAYING IT WITH HALOES (BY OJIBL®--—PBISB ABBN. —COPYBIGHT.I (Recd. July 20, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 19. “I endorse Mr Forbes’ regret that members of the British Cabinet lack personal knowledge of the Dominions. Their ignorance is no more marked than that concerning New Zealand,” said Lord Bledisloe, speaking at the Empire Society’s Summer School. Yet the Empire’s future rested predominantly in their hands. If their knowledge was second-hand and scanty, the British proletariat and members of the Commons were still more ignorant, seriously threatening ultimate Dominion separation. Lord Bledisloe paid a tribute to New Zealand as a country of Nature’s gentle folk, socially, and almost ideally democratic. He said that the average standard of education was very high. Reading n n d newspapers were more widespread than elsewhere in the.Empire.Even the poorest were generally well-informed of nations and world affairs. Courtesy and good manners were universal. . There was very little swearing and drunkenness. A shabbily-dressed person was seldom seen.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 July 1935, Page 7
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