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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21390, 18 July 1931, Page 4

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In its review of the politics of the British Empire during the Juhe quarter the Round Table gives pride of place to an article on the economic problems or Great Britain. A suggestive summary ot the special difficulties of Great Britain traces their cause to a failure to readjust economic life after the war, dependence on exports, and the rigidity of the British industrial structure. The writer suggests that since it is a condition of recovery that industry should be restored to a profit-making business, the choice lies between all-round reduction of costs and the adoption of some form of protection. “ There is no reason to doubt,” he writes, « either the will of the nation to survive or its readiness to make whatever sacrifice may be needed, so soon as the nature of the effort and of the sacrifice is made clear to it.” Other articles review conditions in India and the dominions, an account being given of Mr Forbess new economic policy, and the Five-years Plan, Franco-German relations, and other questions of international import are discussed. ‘ \ . The Home, that attractive periodical issued by Art in Australia, is more regarded for its artistic than its gastronomic interest, but in the July number the two important subjects are shown in tasteful, tasty alliance. It is. in short, a special cookery number, devoted not so much to telling the housewife how to roast a round of beef, but how to play the hostess creditably by serving to guests dinners with a Continental flavour, savouries that are as piquant to look on as to bite into, and cocktails that are ambrosia to the palate. Photographs and decorations assist the letterpress in giving sound advice on entertainment. In an article entitled “ Spain at _ the Cross Roads,” Sir Charles Petrie outlines, in the June number of the Empire Review, the position of the new republic. His conclusion is that “at the moment Spain appears to be progressing along the same road that has brought Russia to her present position.” An article of some interest in New Zealand is that by Sir Ernest Graham-Little, M.D., M.P., on the s bject of the provision of pay-beds in hospitals for middle-class patients. The other articles in the Empire Review are of the high standard one expects from this dignified Imperialist publication. “A great adventure with the odds on success—that is how the change in the system of administration adopted under the Railways Amendment Act of 1931 impresses me,” the general manager states in his message in the New Zealand Railways Magazine for June-July. Mr Sterling welcomes a policy that will allow the principles of modern business management to have fuller play, and emphasises that the extent and effectiveness of the change will, in the last analysis, depend on the public. The magazine contains its usual quota of pictures and articles concerning travel by rail, and of places worth visiting. ,