THE HABIT OF WORK.

Otago Witness, Issue 3804, 8 February 1927, Page 11

THE HABIT OF WORK.

LOST BY BRITISH. lir . AUCKLAND, February 3. “'I he people of the British Empire have lost Hie habit of work— : an unpleasant fact, but, nevertheless, true.” The assertion was made this morning by Major MacGregor Knox, of the British Rubber Growers’ Association, who has toured the world several times, having visited practically every country. “So many British - people seem to have the idea,” he said, “that because the Eng,-, lish have always muddled through in times of crisis they can go on muddling through. They seem to forget that the British Empire to-day is faced with a set of circumstances different from any she has ever had to grapple with before. Great Britain with her staggering war debt, her industrial unrest and unemployment, has to fight competition of a kind undreamed of in the past. America is pushing ahead all the time, using every scientific device to become premier among the nations. Muddling through will not do. •n^Z ery ' V^ere - throughout the Empire we will have to give up this business of talking much and doing - little. We have out lip service all too highly developed. If we worked as hard in the overcoming of our problems as we do in discussing them, we would be far better off.”