The Christchurch Star PUBLISHED BY New Zealand Newspapers Ltd. MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1930. THE POWER OF REVIEW.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19109, 30 June 1930, Page 8

The Christchurch Star PUBLISHED BY New Zealand Newspapers Ltd.

MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1930. THE POWER OF REVIEW.

Gloucester Street and Cathedral Square CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND*

X_TOWEVER desirable it may be to save the expense of a City Council by-election, it is doubtful whether a compromise on the subject is ever justified. The by-elec-tion following the death of Councillor Sharpe brought to light 3000 new voters, and also indicated a very strong change in public opinion as far as the representation of parties was concerned. The power of reviewing the acts of any elective body is not a thing that the citizens should lightly surrender. As for the suggestion of the Citizens’ Association that Councillor J. A. Flesher should resign his seat, thus creating two vacancies, which would be filled by agreement between the Citizens’ Association and the Labour Party, that again is open to the grave objection that it would ignore the interests of non-party citizens, and might shut out an independent candidate. Moreover, it would be a very poor compliment to Mr Flesher, in view of the long and faithful services that he has rendered to the citizens, and we sincerely hope that his refusal to consider the proposal is the prelude to his early reappearance at the Council table. CRICKET RECORDS. /\ MAZING CRICKET history is being made at Lord’s, and the sporting world will marvel at the wonderful recovery of the Australians in the second test. With an eight-wicket advantage' in the first innings they look like forcing England to fight hard for as much as a draw. Hitherto no side that has made 400 runs in an innings has lost a test in England, but with both sides already past 400 on this occasion it looks as if there may be a new entry in cricketing records. The most pleasing feature of today’s cricket news is the stimulating effect it must have on public interest in the game, and we in New Zealand are by no means disinterested in this particular, for cricket finance would receive a much needed lift if Rradman were included in the next Australian team for New Zealand. CHANGING HABITS. 'T'HE INFLUENCE of the motorcar and the express train in sending people out-of-doors for their recreation is most marked nowadays in the case of young people of both sexes, who think nothing of donning mountaineering kit and undertaking the hazards of alpine exercises that were simply a closed book to past generations. We are, indeed, becoming more strenuous men and women, and it is well that the inactivities of winter motoring, or long train journeys, should culminate in the sharp contrast of a ski-ing party in the keen air of the mountain regions, or ice skating on an alpine tarn. It is most gratifying to know that one of the very great benefits conferred by the completion of the East and West Coast railway has been the creation of a real winter playground for Canterbury in the Arthur’s Pass Region. WOMAN THE CENSOR. r 8 ’HE MODERN enterlainer, with one eye on -the audience and the other on the box office, has jumped to a realisation of the importance of featuring the things that interest women. For confirmation of this statement one need but glance round the picture posters in Cathedral Square. “Get Your Man,” “ Such Men Are Dangerous ” and “Men Are Like That,” are convincing enough titles. In England critics—masculine critics—have been mourning over the influence of women in the theatre, but this may not have the disastrous results that they predict. It is true that women on the whole prefer to be amused with lighter entertainment the problem play wearies them—-but their presence in the theatres must in the long run make for a cleaner tone in programmes. If the wife or sweetheart does not always decide which picture or play is worth seeing, consideration for the lady members of the party guides the man’s choice. It may be said, therefore, that women, indirectly, are setting the standards of our amusements.

'J'HE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the Palestine Arab Women’s Congress has issued the following statement: “We greatly regret the policy adopted by the British Government towards the Arab delegation. vWe appreciate the delegation’s noble stand and support the Arabs' just demands for independence.

“We shall continue struggling by peaceful means to the end.”