PUBLIC OPINION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 29 June 1911, Page 3

PUBLIC OPINION.

I THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. Tf proof is required of the accuracy of the conclusions formed by Mr. Beauch imp, it seems to Ik? provided in the statement of the aeecunts of the B..r.i'K o! ilie Bank of 'New Zealand, from which it appears that the money at short call i in London amounts to £0,710.239, or an ncrease during the voar cf the large sum (f £2.818.595. This surelv sug- , jjot.3 i hat the investment of crpital in -New Zealand is rcgardc.J with a I ct r.ain , degree cf d'sfav. ur. Consider- , able sums of money are being x'nt Home | from the dominion with a view to an outlet, being ootained for their profitable > investment there.—"Otago Daily Times.' J UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS. ; The attempt io fjauge mental ability I and learning by a three h.curs' written ! examination at the end of the year ! stands condemned oat of the mouths of I the English examiners themselves. This jis the mental faculty which ' counts ' most, at any rate, in the securing of a I bachelor's degree, and this is the mental '. faculty which counts least in facing the • problems of life.—Dunedin "Star." I THE PRICE OF BUTTER. i It is difficult to see 'how the Acting ; Minister of Customs could have given a I more favourable reply to the deputation which waited upon him in reference to 1 the price cf butter. Most people will symnpthise with the deputatk n and the pecple it repre:ented. because increases in the cost of staple foods, especially in I winter, hit the working classes, and en- ! tail hardship and privation, but Mr. M Kenzie was nevertheless on fi.rm ground l in saving that the Government could not bring butter within the scope of the Trusts Act.—"New Zealand Times." , A NATIONAL ARBOR DAY. ! New Zealand needs a worker fired ■ with the Roosevelt love of trees. Pretty I words are spoken hero and copy-book i maxims are tossed about, but most of ' the" w<'rk is deferred. The Government j piously locks ut) its offices on Arbor j Day and hones t'h;it- somebody has done I something somewhere. A heavy penalty j has been paid for a senseless annijiMa- | i i< n of the forest in some parts of New I Zeaiajul. and th e payments are not yet at an end. Is anvbodv moving for a 1 national Arbor Dey?—"Evening Post."