AUCKLAND ROTARIANS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19882, 28 February 1928, Page 6

AUCKLAND ROTARIANS.

THE WEEKLY LUNCHEON. Impressions of a recent tour abroad were given by Mr. T. Lan;ont, Devonport, to members of the Auckland Rotary Club at the weekly luncheon yesterday. His two chief points had reference to Scotland and the United States. "I am sorry to say conditions are not improving in Scotland," he said. Contrasting the silence ori the Clyde with the noise of industry 20 years ago, he said the "dole" was having a most demoralising effect, and the Scottish workman seemed to be losing his independence. Perhaps it was not the "dole" so muqh as the want of work that was to blame, but he was of opinion that a man should do something, however small, before the "dole" was given to him. Recounting his experiences in the United States, Mr. Lamonb said the average American was not a "noisy fellow," but a quiet, unassuming man of unbounded hospitality. He scouted any suggestion that there was any large body of support to the talk of American antipathy to Britain. Visitors present included Mr. "* Denison, of Honolulu, Mr. J. B. Foster, of Alabama, United Siates, Mr. Edgar J. Harper and Mr. C. N. Blayney, of Wellington, and Mr. R. C. Lord, of Christchurch,