LOOK AT NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13928, 11 June 1909, Page 4

LOOK AT NEW ZEALAND.

The tim« has come, as we were sun it would, when we and others who have resisted certain kinds of legislation are able to take up the cry of " I' ook nt New Zealand." We have had tinthing dinned into our oars until v» became tired of it. In Parliament sonn bill would be introduced, and it anyone ventured to oppose it, a Minister or a private member would explain, in an awestruck whisper, that it was law in New Zealand. . . ■ Immigrants are going to the dominion, attracted by the wonderful stories told, whil« all the time every steamer winch leaveis filled with men who have tried and failed. Wages are high, but so is the cost of living, and many examples have been given to show how imieh worse oft is a working man in New Zealand than in less progressive and enlightened communities The slump i"just starting, and wo believe that^ it is going to bo a very severe one. Ne« Zealand has been blessed with a su< - cession of wonderful seasons, and, nu doubt, has done very well. In addi tion, its natural beauties attract each year many thousands of tourists, \\\w all bring 'money, and leave it behind On top of that' has been the in.migration boom. People do not emmiato from England or other of the oldei lands without having some inonoj in their possession. Tho stream is '.till flowing to Now Zealand — ami i-, aK< flowing out, and tho immigrants _. away, leaving their nionev bohn.<! i> swell the prosperity of the doiiim-.i" .Tint the same thing happened m C .in ada, and there, too. a slump h,is se 1 i#. Wo believe that in a vei\ it -\ years the cry "Look at New Zealand will bo used" only by tho^e who wish to point to it as tho shocking esamph of the evil arising from jittempN to interfere by legislation with the law of supply and demand. — Hohart Mci cury.

An astronomer great, ho was sitting out late, With his telescope turned lo th stars When to Ins surprise, there flashc: down from tho skies A most palpable message from Mars He did not understand, but a code boot at hand, Which he hastened at once to pro euro, Made the message quite plain — ' 'Influ enza again, Can you send us Woods' Peppermim Curef" '!