THE SCOT IN NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3390, 4 December 1911, Page 8

THE SCOT IN NEW ZEALAND.

SIR ROBERT STOUT’S BOOK

In his contribution to the Cambridge University press manuals ot seemnee and literature, Sir Robert Stout has as his collaborator 'bis son, Mr J . Logan Stout. LL.B- The book deals }wth New Zealand in all most capable manner, and on© hOt&B with interest! the author s insistence on Scottish influence in the making New Zealand. “There is no Australian colony that has so great a proportion of people of Scotch descent._ marriage ceremonies performed in UjJH 26.37 per cent, were performed 0} Presbyterian clergy, 24.96 cen - by Church of England,” etc. Returns made bv the churches show the I resbyterians to have the highest attendance at religious service, and trie Methodists tho highest attendance considering their numbers. ’ Ihe most Scottish settlement lias the most books in public libraries.” ; Though there ls much waste in the life of the colonist and “the absence of the thrift which has existed in Scotland in the earlier half of the fast century is often liemoaned by old Scottish colonists, too figures show that the people have not been eespeciallv thriftless. Hie authors take the open view with regard to New Zealand legislation. -Experiments may show that the ever-present danger of true democracy lies in the deadening of individual energy and enterprise .by the growth ot an aH-em-bracing State interference. But, if they fail, their strivings will not Rave been in vain, though humanity be the poorei for their failure-”