GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14390, 4 January 1911, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

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AOVERTIIINQ OUR REMURCKI.

•..-"It ii gratifying to know'* Ifemi.'ki I the "Rotoraa XimaiM) "that m -a t'fl'i when all the overeea Dominion*, e« well «j foreign countriM, ere iiu'tt in auefPorttobesoou kndheardin L(l» don, the world-i hub. New Zealand to not going to be out «f thej hunt,. A, 'Timei' reporter ltad * word "Wthi ih* Hon. Dr Findlay on WedMMdty i4w»« ins on the subject of New Zealand « advertising advantage! *t CoWtt«fcion timei' And thi» ii •I»bttt ' the' < ftißt of Dr Fuidlay'* reply. people; deoryltiie Government'a policj of lOvfir* tUiiig New Zealand in the ftome mop window*. and every alert buainosn 'lnnn knows that it Now Zealand and it« oommeVoiftl wares are not advertise at Home, the tour fit to attracted. »1»0* where. We thtie loee.the toutftt and his money. andaUo.thb advantage of his advertisement en Ws_WstutTi Home. New South - Walea, Victoria, and Queensland are each •pending groat sums. annually now in ndvertiaing the attractions of their States,; aM in tlie endeavour to keep tourieti With!in their own border*. The effort# of these Australian .Btate. Government* ha* already been felt here ini adimln. 1 ished t6nwrt trafflo, from Austria to New Zealand, We must advertise, and eo cater as to attract the resident* and tourists .of India, America, AuW trail's, ns well as the Homeland. t© eui unique atld wonderful health And pleasure roaorle. 'lf America potMMed anything like our *>e«ta tplendoure, plus our thermal asset#,' ; added Dr. Findlay, 'it would not hesitate to oxpenfl thrice tlie amount we upend in advertising theie groat natural attrnotions,' And the Government' will < take full advantage of the coronation season to itrnlce New ' Zealand Well known at Home. Prudence in ad very tiajng ie nowhere «o neoossary «a 14 successfully managing and developing the tourist part ef a ocrantry like this."

BAGPIPES.

It Jin» been proved beyond dimwit.*, we beliovo (soys tlio I/ondon "Daily News) that tlio ancient Soto mii to wear «upio sort of trousors. and tlmt the kilt was a Southron innovation thai come over tile border in remot* times. Now it is the turn of th» bagpipes. Mr Baring .Gould, wtiOM authority as an antiquary is not to b« questioned lightly, declares that tho gipes were popular in England before cotlnnd had heal'd of them "It Wan not tilt English poople oould no longer tolerate the squealing instrument," ho sayß with an unnecessary touch of prejudice, "that it got relegated to Sootland, and on mo to bo there regarded ns the national organ for producing musical sounds.' At least (as tho "Glasgow News" observe*) ha admit* th*t tb> sound* Ms w—lmU.

|he unpopularity oC the pipes in England is more a matter or cultivated than of natural antipathy- Only a fastidious ear is really annoyed by their music, and as a nation we arc anything but fastidious in that respect. A populace that delights in the mouthorgan and the concertina ought, if it gave free plav to rts instincts, appreciate the Bagpipes; and as a tact, many Of us do. The pipes are splendid for danciug, and.we understand quite unrivalled for fighting. Why iould the pampered nerves of a musical minority keep us cut of our ancient heritage—if Mr Gould is right—the bagpipes?