Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 12, 21 September 1910, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

A 12 x IO Church. THEY did not want God’s Church to Im* a little colonial house, with every room 12 x 10.— Bishop Julius. No Longer British. Modern development has changed and is changing the whole scope and necessity of the navy. It can no longer be regarded as a British navy in the old-fashioned local and national sense. To be effective it must be an Imperial Navy, prepared and organised for any Imperial necessity. —Lord Islington. «• » « # A Nation of Growlers. The conclusion he had come to. after a visit to Canada, America. England, and the Continent, was that there are more growlers to the acre in New Zealand than in any other place in the world.— Mr. Burt Veale, Hawke’s Bay. Ties of Friendship. I am happy to be able to maintain ties 6f profound friendship with the third generation of the British Royal Family during my reign.— The Emperor of Austria.

‘A Municipal Orchestra. 'Fhe opportunities afforded the Wellington public of hearing good orchestral music have for some years past been decidedly few and far between, and I am of opinion that the absence of continuous activity in this branch of music must constitute a hindrance to the musical progress of the ' community.— Mr. Maughan Barnett, Wellington. An Easy Winter. The number of both our free and 4d beds that have been occupied has been much less than during the previous winter—in fact, we have been crowded out only about half a dozen times, whereas in the 1909 season such an event was of almost nightly occurrence, the total number of persons seeking shelter often reaching over 80.— Captain Toomer. Salvation Army. Auckland. The School English. He had put up with a good deal of very bad speaking in his time, and very had speaking from the members of the Bar, who had been trained as schoolmasters and teachers. It had been said that there was developing in New Zealand a new pronunciation. It might or might not be. It might In* inevitable. but he had not to complain of a new pronunciation, but of a total want of pronunci.v t?on. He would be sorry to see and sorry to live to see the wholesale degradation of the English language hy those who came from our school*. — Mr. Justice Chapman.

A Solid Prejudice. Manufacturers have reason to be pleased with their products in up-to-date footwear, but they have to win still further progress in order to break down the solid prejudice that still remains against goods made in New Zealand. — Mr. T. Hodgson. president N.Z. Boot Manufacturers’ Association of Employers. Not Dumb Dogs. The Prime Minister would find before the end of the session that the Wellington members were not dumb dogs. They would speak, and speak without any fear on all matters. They had nothing to conceal ; and it would be done with perfect candour, and, moreover, with perfect courtesy. —Hr. Herd man, M.l*. Too Much Pleasure. There is far too much money wasted in pleasure, not only in this town, but in the Dominion as a whole, and anything that encourages thrift should be supported by everyone. The time has arrived when a determined effort should be made to encourage thrift, amongst young people.— Mr. L. T. Symes. Gisborne.

Progressive Palmerston. We look upon the people of Palmer'ston as the most progressive community in the North Island. You not only look -after the interests of your pretty town, J>ut take a keen interest in the welfare -of the whole Island. — The Mayttr of AV a iron. Hansard and Piffle. He was a Wellington member, and it ■was strange to be called a dumb dog on one occasion and on another to be charged with "taking up the time of th.* House, ami filling Hansard with •piffle’.” —Mr. Wright, !/./’. Quite Unusual. On tlie whole, there is a slight tendency for tin* proportion of expenditure upon administration by the education boards and school committee to decrease, and this is as it should be, for the cost of administration should not increase proportionately with the number of schools.— Han. (I. Eoirlds. Would Want p Doctor. From tin* complaints made by Opposition members, anyone would think that the Government could not handle big undertakings. Why, if the Opposition got into power, and they had to handle big matters, they would be so upset that they would have to have three medical men included in their number. — Sir Joseph Hard.

A Coming Danger. While the religious instincts of the community of his diocese were too strongly inbred to Im* effaced or perverted by infidel influences in one generation or in two, he saw underlying many phases of current thought and political movement a hostility, sometimes veiled and sometimes oj>eii, to religion. He feared that in the time to come churchmen would have to face a stronger opposition to their religion than mere sneers and ridicule.— Bishop Julius. Setting the Tone. The population of New Zealand was none too large, as compared with the natural advantages of the country, and every child that fell into the ranks of the social derelicts increased the debit balance of the national deficiency. The future progress of New Zealand rested in the hands of the youth < f to-day, and the tone and character of New Zealand would be set. and should be set. by the nativeborn population.— Lord /slingion. Altered Her Mind. I came from Home quite prepared to get all the opinions I could in favour of State railways, as for some time past I have been trying to induce memlm of the Imperial Parliament to secure the railways for the State, but since travelling in the north-west portions of New South Wales 1 have decidedly altered views on the question of State railways. —Mrs. Helen Barton, Glasgow Parish ('ouncil.

The Best Specimen of the Race. When I was first asked to become a member of the Scottish Farmers' (lornmission to Australia, 1 strongly urged upon our secretary to extend our operations if he possibly could to New Zealand. saying that as regards social legislation. educational organisation, and land settlement. Now Zealand had a great deal to show us that would be most important, and also most interesting. Besides. I mentioned that it was the most beautiful land south of the line, and the coming New Zealander was the best specimen of the British race in the whole Empire.—- -Mr. Eduard E. Morrison. M. 1.. of the Scottish Chamber of Agricul t ure.

The Judge and His Diver. It would be quite possible for a judge to develop a liver. For instance, he might take a glass of stout and some cheese for supper. He might next morning have a liver, and that circumstance might affect his decision regarding the sentence of prisoners.— Mr. Bussell, M.l*. Avon. Running the Church. We wen* struck by the devotion of the clergy to their work, but we found that so much of their time is taken up in running the Church, that they are not left the time required for personally dealing with the soul's difficulties and troubles. The danger is that the people should look upon the clergymen as responsible for running the Church and looking after its finances, instead of as t la* spiritual adviser in their difficulties, to whom they can turn for advice and help. Co non Stuart, of the Anglican Mission. « • • • Ministering Angels. A woman's hand and heart are quicker unto good than a man’s. Nearly every voluntary association in the Dominion aiming at the reduction of human waste and want, is kept alive by the effort or tin* interest of the women giving a stimulus to the new ideals of the State, which rellected itself at the polls. -Hon. Dr. Eindlay. The Press and Science. The Press commanded unrivalled opportunities for promoting great causes. Among these as affecting the Empire he especially commended the furtherance of the study of tropical medicine. Scientists had already saved far more lives than wen* destroyed in the Napoleonic wars. In I’ganda. 200.000 died of sleeping sickness before the remedial measures were known, whereas the deaths now were about 1700 per annum. Li‘Ulena-nt-Colonel Seely. The Federation of the World. Can we doubt that when that day Comesf when mankind, weary of the burden c/L armament", sick and ashamed of the folly of race hatred, consummates that “Parliament of Man. that Federation of the World." which Tennyson foretells, the spiritual side of that social unity will be a spiritual unity based on the recognition of tin* I niveisal Religion? -—Ber. C. IV. Scott-Uonerieff, formerly warden of St. John's College. A Loophole. Some parents, relying on the fact that the law intlicts no penalty unless a child is absent w* ’ out reasonable excuse at least three I. i-days out of ten. keep their children from school one day a week. The time has now come, in the interests of the children and the State, to amend the Act so as to provide that every child must attend school whenever it is onen unless some reasonable ground for exemption can be shown. Hon. (I. Eon-Ids. The Best tlve Cheapest. ( heap plumbing was like cheap law — no good, lie regret ted to say that there were a great many people who seemed to think there was nothing to be gained except bv doing plumbing in the cheapestpossible way. whereas properly carried out and durable work was the best and cheapest in the long run. — Mr. IV. //. Morton. city engineer, Wellington. The Puritan and the Bear. The old Puritan objection to Innir baiting was not so much that it gave pairt to the bear, as that it gave pleasure to the spectators.- Hon. Dr. Eindlay.