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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1947, Page 4

New Ways of Warfare ~ Present decisions on army recruiting P° n " cies should be based on firmer ground than a layman’s belief that the development of scientific warfare will -outmode large land forces. Until this type of conflict emerges from the realms of speculation and experiment the strength of nations, measured by their ability to make war, will be. tested by the size and quality of their armies, navies and air forces, with the overriding factor oi America’s possession of the atom bomb. New Zealand Herald. Housing—And Other Shortages

There can be no excuse for the breaking, or disregard, of the law but when it comes to a matter of providing a shelter for the members of the family people naturally seeK for reasons to condone the extreme action ot the seizure of other owners’ property, wnat they should do is to examine searchingly the causes of the prolonged and serious housing shortage. It obviously is the effect, or the cumulative effects, of some definable cause or causes. Behind the instance of people taking possession of a large empty house in the environs of the city loom some very large questions. A shortage of houses is no new problem, but, setting aside all the wordy explanations and figures that flow from Ministers, can it be said that the position to-day is really any easier than it was years ago. That is the acid test, and those who are in close contact with the condition of things as they are know that the housing difficulties are as great today as they ever were, if indeed not greater. There are young people who want to marry—others who have got married —and who cannot find a home. There are those with increasing families urgently needing extended accommodation for their children and their position seems to be equally hopeless. —The Dominion.