BRIGHT NEW ZEALAND.
DR. ADENEY'S IMPRESSIONS
LONDON, April 3
In his letters to the "Christian World" Dr. W. F. Adeney, late Principal of the Lancashire Independent College, sings the praises of New Zealand from the social point of view.
"This is rightly called Brighter Britain,"-he writes. "Better than the brightness .of the climate is the brightness of the people. We have never come across any indication of poverty, never seen a ragged garment or a slum district. There is practically no unemployment and no want. Everybody has at least enough to eat, and most enjoy many comforts and luxuries. That hideous palace of misery, the workhouse, is unknown."
But Dr. Adeney would not have his readers believe there are no social problems in New Zealand. "If poverty is the dead weight on the national life of England in spite of amazing commercial advances, prosperity is the threatening temptation in New Zealand. It seems to be the ambition of everybody to ride about in a motorcar; Farmers from the back country motor 30, .40, 50 miles to a town to visit the theatre, and rush back again in the night. I must say that I.do not see the same eagerness in the pursuit of the higher aims."
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Northern Advocate, 18 May 1914, Page 9
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