NEW ZEALANDER ABROAD

Taranaki Daily News, 31 December 1926, Page 20

NEW ZEALANDER ABROAD

EX-TEACHER’S SUCCESS. Vancouver, Dec. 1. Mr. James C. Brady, an ex-New Zealand teacher, who sprung a political surprise on Canada last October, by defeating the sitting Liberal member for Skeena, British Columbia, “came out” last week, and met a large delegation of provincial Conservatives in this city, who askqd him to deliver an address on his view that a broader vision was needed by Canadians on political problems. New Zealand is held in such high esteem througout this Dominion that Mr. Brady’s success is doubly popular. Bis victory made the Conservative “holding” in British Columbia 12 seats, out of a possible IS, the thirteenth being held by a member of Mr. MacKenzie King’s Cabinet. “We are not big enough to solve our national problems,” said Mr. Brady, “until we are big enough to look at them from many aides. That is where the extreme Socialists go wrong; they assume that all problems are economic.” The psychological, sociological and educational aspects of the complex problems of a growing country must always be examined carefully, he said. In the immigration question, there was an important psychological study. Newcomers were invited into the socia.l life of the community, but they already had deeprooted ideals and viewpoints. Too little effort was made tq, assimilate them; they were left to themselves. A large audience, including half-a-dozen federal members, heartily applauded the ex-New Zealander’s address.