CREED OF A SCIENTIST

Grey River Argus, 15 January 1925, Page 6

CREED OF A SCIENTIST

Sir Oliver Lodge is an outstanding figure in the world of science to-day. This is his economic creed as set forth in his “Modern Problems.” 1. That human labour is the ul’.iniate standard of value, and that coins might instructively be inscribed in terms of labour. 2. That by the institution of banks, stocks and shares, and of inheritance, the original exchange power of money has become subordinate io its secondary and accidental but now supreme and unlimited storage power. 3. That the possession of money means the control of one transfer of if, that, is, the determining of when and how if shall heroine active and influential on life. ; L That, since wealth is the power lof determining the direction of human activity, the personality of the own ■er is a vitally important factor. ■ That large forlum- s arc a num |acc- to .society by reason of lb,I trasts they emphasise, the power Ihe.and |he uncertain eliaraetc/s of their owners. 6. That the present freqiien.v of large fortunes is due t 0 auiticial social arrangements, nh.icff/ m.-ra. altered; and that it is desirable \ 0 reconsider and modify (hp j,,„. ( , f i(i heritance. -• That st.-ady industry and moderincome are who’esomer, both f OI and for :i „ individual, tba> "■'■er.sl, a.-livity , I ion. Tl '" f li'iaii.-ia.l interests play ; rra "'r I-arl in national and intern,l !,oUal 1'"""’- "'-an i„ de.irable. The Ponsonby Bovs' Brass Band, on setting- out from Auckland, promised to vfm. Nuhaka and play at Nepia’s home. .1 rue to their word, the members ptrt in an appearance at Nuhaka mnd played the song dedicated to the All Blacks (“O n I New Zealand”). ’l’he composer was bom in Nupia’s birthplace-, and his sister heard the music played there for the first time. Nepia’s father is a man of magnificent physique, and impressed the band greatly.