Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 8, 22 February 1911, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

True Brotherhood. /7F OCTAL and trades unionism had done as much in the cause of f&j humanity as had the Church. He had been a churchman for 40 years, and who would say whence they fould get a better brotherhood than from trades unionism?— Mr. Verran, Premier of South Australia. • * • • Making a Fortune. I have met hundreds in these colonies who have left the Old Country with nothing, and who have made fortunes on the land. It is said at Home Giat if a man starts farming with nothing he is fortunate if he ends up witli the money he started with.— Mr. J. Dunlop. Struck Oil. I am prepared to say this: that the most promising centres of production at New Plymouth, Kotuku (near Greymouth ), and Gisborne, are better than those interested in oil in London believe them to be. They are so good, in fact, from an indication point of view, that they ought to be developed with ample capital, the best skilled labour obtainable, and modern plant.— Mr. J. D. Henry, Petroleum expert. Science in the Home. By development of the existing system for the university education of women I mean that the usual work done by women at the universities will be replaced by work of a similar character, but more congenial to women and more suitable for the part they have to play in life. The ignorance of all matters affecting household mnagement, hygiene, sanitation, aud Child rearing that prevails under the present system of women’s education can. only be met. by the introduction of this teaching into our educational institutions. — Miss Boys Smith. « » • . The Prisons Board. The, importancepF the Prisons Board_ in the, new scheme* can scarcely be overestimated. A judge committing a prisoner to an indeterminate* sentence declare?, in (effect, that he shall be detained so long, as the Prisons Board thinks necessary for the purpose of his reformation, and for the protection of society. Thus the board is one of the essential pivots of the whole system.— Hon. Dr. Findlay. --* * * * Australia and Amalgamation. In Australia the trend of municipal Opinion was for amalgamation. They in ■New Zealand seemed to think that they led the world; but they were not the world, and over in Australia there were some very far-seeing men. from whom we could, well learn a few lessons.— Mr. E. 'Davis, Mayor of Newmarket.

A Toy Navy. The Peruvians have got a navy. At present it consists of two cruisers and two scouts for a navy, but to them they are toys. They are not even kept clean, leave alone in fighting-trim—they play with the game. One of these times there will be trouble, and Chile will collar the lot. Chile has a good, well-found navy, which takes its work seriously and does it well.— Captain J. H. Highman, R.N.R., Wellington. The Value of Kindness. Personal kindness was an immense factor in the reclaiming of men who had drifted into evil ways. He remembered the case of a man who had served 16 years in prison, and who had once remarked that he had never had a kind word spoken to him. He had assisted that man to obtain employment after his release, and although a period of seven years had since elapsed, he had never swerved from the path of honesty.— Mr. E. Arnold, J.P., Wellington.

Civil Marriage. Owing to the Vatican’s mixed marriage decrees, also to the controversy between the Bishop of London and Dr. Tristram, uniform compulsory civil marriage should be established throughout the United Kingdom.— Professor Cloudy, Oxford. * * * * Imagination in Business. It seems to me from my experience that imagination must be the first asset of a business man. Organisation comes afterwards. Any man can make a fortune who has the vision to see what the public wants three months hence, and then supplies that want at a price commensurate with their pockets—whether it be a twopenny cup of coffee or a guinea dinner. Whenever a scheme is brought to us we look out for “the nigger in the fence.” That is to any, we look for the weak spot. It is: Puzzle, find the nigger. When you have got him you must cither discard the scheme or get rid of the nigger.—Sir Joseph Lyons. • « • « Cartoons aud Leaders. I believe that a libel by means of a eartoon is a thousand times worse than a libel by means of letter-press. For every one who reads a libel in a leading article thousands of people will sec a libel in a cartoon. Oh that account it is very much, worse.—Hr. IF. F. Massey, M.P.

A Lack of Push. The Australian State had AgentsGeneral who were very active in forwarding the interests of their respective States, more especially Queensland, West Australia, and Victoria, which have offices in or about the city. The Dominion was not advertised either as energetically or as well as it might be. People calling at the office found little return for their trouble. There was a distinct lack of the push and enterprise which was characteristic of some of the other colonial offices.— Dr. Levinge, Christchurch. * * * * Two Policies. The policy of the Opposition was one of “Honesty,” and the policy of the Government was one of “Humbug.”— -Mr. IF. F. Massey, M.P. Still More Glorious. We admit and accept Imperial supremacy, which ought to put down any fear of the oppression of Protestants. There might be fewer Irish representatives in the House of Commons under Home Rule. As pacified South Africa was the greatest glory of King Edward's reign, so King George’s would be more glorious by a friendly and reconciled Ireland.— Mr. Redmond, M.P.

Paved With Sovereigns. He had a great deal of sympathy with members of Parliament who were continually being pestered with applications from constituents for “150 for my hills,” and “£5O for my gully.” The Government should recognise some well-defined rule in this matter. Some roads were practically paved with Government sovereigns, whilst others were nothing but dust, the explanation being that in the former case a man lived there who was a Government supporter, and had sufficient political pull to work the wires successfully.— Mr. I). Allen, Manukau.

Highest in the World. Although Canada was so much larger than New Zealand, its trade was not relatively so great. In New Zealand the trade was equal to £4O per head of the population. This was about the highest in the world, and far exceeded that of Canada, which was only £-24 per head.— Mr. IF. A. Beddoe, Canadian Trade Commissioner. Intense Cultivation. People who assured me that the same degree of intense cultivation could not be followed in New Zealand as in Scotland are not aware of what really is the case. As a result of what I have seen I am satisfied that better cultivation and more attention to details would pay New Zealand farmers many times over.— Mr. J Dunlop, Agricultural Commissioner. Saving His Bacon. Wc chatted so pleasantly that we forgot to close the carriage door before entering the tunnel. I groped for the latch that held the door, but the smoke was thick and hot, and I was blinded. When I got out o fthat difficulty, I felt parboiled and smoke dried. I never had such a narrow escape of being converted infobacon! — Mr. Hogg, M.P. Spreading Infection. We are spending thousands of pounds at the consumption sanatorium, but we cannot get any good results unless wo have the power of detaining patients. At present they go into the institution and leave when they think proper, going out into their old habits and becoming Pi» foci of disease. It is a huge mistake.— Mr. Tanner Christchurch Waihi and No-licenso. Waihi shares have slumped very much lately, and numlicrs of people in Auckland and other places were looking very sad. No-license was blamed for a good many things, and he would not be sur prised to hear, in the coming fight, that the slump in Waihi shares was caused by the introduction of No-license in the Ohinemuri electorate in which the great Waihi is located. — Mr 0. 11. Poole, M,P. New Zealand Snnsliine. I have been here during what are considered some of your bad months, but our Spanish winter would luive compared very indifferently with them. Except, perhaps, in the neighbourhood of Seville and in the South, I honestly do not think the sunshine of Spain can con pare with that of your country, which seems to mo to be particularly happy in its weather. You have plenty of rain, of course, yet that is but part of your good fortune, helping to fertilise the ground, and giving place almost immediately to bright sunshine again, so different to what we often experience.— Baron de Castro. New Zealand Scenery. As far as scenery is concerned, well, 1 don’t pose as a poet. 1 litre seen the Alps, and some of the best of the Canadian beauty States, including the Rockies, but I think that the cold lake* of New Zealand will bear comparison with any. From Malto Brun hut, at the head of the Tasman Glacier—to which Messrs. Hughes and Batchelor climbed—you may get a sight that you might ransack the earth to beat. In the north you find a country with entirely’ different climatic conditions, scenery, and everything else. At Rotorua you have a spectacular display that may fairly challenge comparison with the best tlic world has to show, of its kind. It is indeed n wonderland. The trip from the Bluff, in the South Island, to Auckland City, in the North, was wholly attractive and interesting.—Mr. IF. M. Hughes, Federal Attornov-Gcneral.