BURNS NICHT

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 24 January 1927, Page 4

BURNS NICHT

TO-MORROW’S FESTIVAL. The geographical position of Scotland, tne quality of its climate, and the lack of sympathy for centuries between Scotland and England all served to mould fashion in Scotland a people distinct in character and quality. Ihe separate agencies have long since passed away, but a certain amount of distinctiveness and pride in that distinctiveness still remains. In these dull times national festivals are becoming more and more rare, hut Scotsmen the world over cling tenaciously to Burns nicht. To-mor-row evening they will foregather to pay homage to their national bard, to sing the songs which he composed or rescued from oblivion, to stir up again the fires of remembrance, to meet auld friens, and to revist in vivid imagination the scenes of their youth. Burns nicht gives peculiar opportunity for this. Himself a son of the soil. Burns was saturated with national ideals and emotions, and he anpealed and does appeal to the people because of the unerring truth with which these ideals and emotions are portrayed in his hooks. .The attention of Scots folk in the district is directed to the advertisements relating to the festival to he held to-mor-row evening. The lo°al society is favoured in being able to get Past Chieftain Mac Diarmid. of New Plymouth, to give the address. Visitin.fr singers and celebrated athletes will also be present, and by doing justice to the haggis and the usual social intercourse a thoroughlv enjoyable evening should he assured.