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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 11 October 1922, Page 9

Highly interesting remarks on the question of national efficiency were delivered by Major-General Sir A. H. Kucsell m an address at Christchurch last week. ftjir Andrew said he could lake it for granted that his hearers wanted to see an efficient population. Ho would ask them to consider for a moment what their own efficiency was, taking the possible as being one hundred. How high in the scale- did they themselves reach? It was the spirit inside them that led them to bo efficient in things they undertook to do. What was the beginning of that state ot wish or desire, that gave birth to the idea of efficiency? First of all they had an idea in their mind. If they were strong enough they could translate that idea into action; if not, like a plant it would lade and wither away, when a body ef men in battle desired to win a nosi'tion they could often succeed in the face of what appeared to be insuperable difficulties, yet another body of mi n equally efficient might not succeed if thev were not imbued with the will to conquer. They had an example of that in the war. When the Germans had lost their will to win they were not so successful, although they still had men and materials the same as before.

At” long last a start is to be made with the construction of the road which will connect Blenheim, and Westport in a straight line (says the Marlborough Express) and open up direct trade between the fertile agricultural districts of Marlborough and the wealthy mining districts of the West Coast. About 20 men arc now in camp ready to commence the work.