REV. VAL TRIGGE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14144, 16 June 1920, Page 6

REV. VAL TRIGGE.

• , . V Pf f.: ADDRESS TO PROGRESS" LEAGUE. Rev. Val Trigge, in bis address before the Progressive League yesterday expressed the .great pleasure ft had given Trim' to be in such n fashion bv the Masterton Progress League. He would always remember the graceful compliment the League had paid him, which was also a comtiliment to the movement represented. It was a movement for progress, and in that respect they were united. Mr Trigge went on to say that he had travelled extensively in New Zealand, and when he returned to Australia it would *be with many happy memories of the Dominion. He was •glad to note in this country that the wealth had been well distributed and the people were happy and contented. In the opinion, of the speaker, the wealth of New Zealand was far moie evculv distributed than that of Australia. As a boy he 'had often heard of New Zealand.' It was always quoted as the land of cold and earthquakes, which was of course quite an extravagant. description. In fact quite as inconsistent as that by which Australia is known to the New Zealander -a land of heat ami snakes. Such was not the case by any means. New Zealand had been very bountifully endowed, and he was quite in accord with the well-known appellation of the late Richard John, Seddon —“God’s Own Countrv. *■’ Turning to the facilities for .travel in the Dominion, the visitor was bv no means impressed with the New Zealand railways, and he criticised them at some length. They were also lacking, he said, in certain sanitary 'arrangements. This was a matter, said .Mr Trigge, that the Progress Leagues throughout the country could take up, and be- united action urge improvement in the service. He went on to refer to a "recent visit to the "Waikato Winter Show, which had evidently surprised and impressed him. He was astounded at the agricultural wealth of the Waikato district, with which, however, Tie thought 'the Wairarapa very favourably compared. In conclusion, Mr Trigge spoke regarding the need of the Church at the present day, its work of uplifting the masses, and its "place in the nation and in the eomimmitv.