THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 116, 22 June 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

ENGIiISK CONSERVATISM.

nearly all the inventions.that in the past few years have, been intro? tlueed i-nto horse racing, billmrds, law® tennis, sprinting, and- jumping have come to us from abroad; and it is only reluctantly' that "we have' condescended to experiment with them. These AmeriT can golfers, so early on.-the ground-and so anxious to neglect nothing that will help them to victory, are something wore . than good - sportsmen" ami. vainest rivals. They are also an object-lesson in the right sort of eftkiency.— Mail." A PEOPLE'S THEATRE. - •'

Beyond all question we need a People's Theatre —a theatre that. will do for vis what the Neue Freie Volksbuhne is doing for the people of Germany; one that will enlarge <nu* horizons, ele ( vat.e our and. bring us face to face with tlie important faetsi of life and social duty in the pleasant guise ;bf .art and :eritertaix«rient.: ■ we can gain this wonderful and- useful thiijg for., a shilling. We. waut.luerejy a patriot of the right kind to start the movei'nentJ —"Age." fedehaidefence scheme.

Wliait must always be .keptin njintT; however, is that evidently to' hi in '(Sii lan Hamilton) .the whole thingy hxyrbSSj • foot, and artillery," is essentially iiu,tke ' limiting. Me says reassiiriugly that, itlio.-. whole of the regulars and tli*ee fourths of the aetuai serviugmilitia edulit take part i'i $ modern, battle, after to morrow, and that remainder.; <- ef the militia, pius 20,000 of the flQtv r e? . of the rifle elubs, would be va"ilab^ :? ' within two Weeks of warning. - That 19 to say, they have the willing spirit an*} the teehnieal instruction- and ♦tiseipiiine: ! The reservation- looks i«ipprta»t-.iii.viejg pf Sir lan . Hamilton V system fi^ncva)iy.~*"'Daily l Telegraph.'*