Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 1, 5 July 1911, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

The Hat-Peg Member. IT would be far better for the boards to have the assistance of co-opera-tive members for work on their committees than the perfunctory Services of what may be called the “hatpeg” member of a board—the member V'ho rushes into every meeting late, apologises, hangs up his hat, wants to know the business before the board, criticises the report of some painstaking member or committee, makes some sensational statement, and when order has been restored, leaves the meeting, to return a month later to repeat the same performance.— Dr. Valintine. Maori Lands. He did not wisli to see the native land all sold. The Maori was entitled to have land to live on as much as the Europeans.

If ever the Maoris were absorbed it should be by intermarriage with Europeans; but to sell their lands and leave them penniless would be robbery.— Mr. <l. IVhitty, M.l’.. A Terrible Age. The present age was a terrible one. and ilie cry for haste and speed reached as far as the educational system. He believed in a good solid education, producing a womanhood able to face the ordeals of life.—//<m. f. .1. Tole. Ridiculously Young. After men had done territorial and reserve service, the Department wanted them to join rifle chibs until they were 55 years of age. At first 45 was proposed, but men at that age were so ridiculously young in this country that the limit was extended, — (leneral Dodley. A Musical City. ror 50 years a Choral Society had been in existence here, and had done a great work in cultivating musical taste, while •tvong liedertafel and orchestral societies bad n] So ix>th assisted. The late competitions brought out a large amount of material, showing how widespread hi Auckland was th e ]ove and appreciation of inusio.— Dr. MvDouell.

Early New Zealand Books. Early books relating to New Zealand, although not very rare, have become dear, because a considerable number of private collectors have come upon the market. There is very little of beauty about old New Zaland books, if we except Angus’ fine lithographs reproducing much of old Maori art, with certain portraits in which we fail to recognise the characteristic Maori type revealed in the more exact portraiture of later times.— Mr. T. IT. Leys. * * •* ♦ Land Taxation. While money lent upon the see;«..~ ... land was subjected to a special taxation, money borrowed for investment in any industrial enterprise was exempted from any such liability, ami the man who borrowed the money upon the security of his land had indirectly to pay the mortgage tax. What he proposed was that the moneys placed in the Post Office Savings

Bank should be made available to the people, lie was confident that the majority of the depositors would be better satisfied if their savings were lent to hard-working settlers upon the security of their farm-holdings, instead of to the Government. — Mr. Massey, MJ*. A Step Backward. The Declaration was a step backward. It was ambiguous regarding the vital questions of food and contraband, and studiedly ambiguous regarding the conversion of merchant men into cruisers.— Mr. Balfour. Nurses for the Backblocks. A very pressing necessity of this conn try is nurses for the backblocks. It was imperative to have a system of supplying nurses from the hospitals who could give attention to people in the remote districts. —Lady Islington.

Training Citizens. Education had very much changed in late years, and they now thought leas of mere dril in the three “R’s,” and the old dominie’s i<l<*<i of pumping information Into a child out of books was at a discount. The real aim was to turn out good and useful citizens, and they wanted to train the natural powers of the children in a natural way.— Hon. G. Fond ds.

The Church and Reform. Reforms were impossible without the leadership of men who had nothing to gain thereby. This self-sacrifice proved the all-importance of interpreting politics by the light of religion. If the Christian Church were destroyed there would be nothing to protect the people from the forces of despotism, cruelty, and selfseeking.—Mr. Lloyd George. Good Advice. The future for you all is very bright if you work well and continue to save after your apprenticeship is up; and when you have each saved a few hundred pounds T would strongly advise you to take up bush land, provided there is convenience of access to it by road and rail; and, being young, you will have plenty of time to clear it and become as well of! as your employers, some of whom had a far worst start than you had.— Mr. Kedgirick. ♦ ♦ • • Happy Auspices. He was going out with the'’advantage of having met in London many with whom he would resume acquaintance in Australia, and was also going at a time of great Australian prosperity.— Lord Denman.

Three Fundamental Ideas. There were three fundamental ideas at the root of the Catholic training of young women for the responsibilities of life in the world. The first was that the private and public welfare of the individual depended on the formation and training of the mind; the second was that domestic life should be constituted on sacred foundation and ruled by holy laws; the third was that the more deeply virtue penetrates the home, the happier will he the domestic and public life of the nation.— Bishop Cleary.

A Good Advertisement. I am playing into your hands. You want immigrants. | am providing a means of advertising the overseas Dominions which is absolutely beyond the powers of any of their Governments, and it cost® them nothing.— Dr. Harriss, of the Sheffield Choir. The Primrose Path. There is no doubt that the path of tnv wastrel is made far too easy, and we should not allow mawkish sentimentality t<» prevent us from doing our duty by these outcasts and pariahs. We have no hesitation in confining in hospital persons suffering from infectious diseases, and why should we be reluctant to mete out similar treatment Io the vicious, inteip perate. and to the deserting father, and, if necessary, make them work for the support of their families. Until co-operation is brought about between publie and private charitable organisations very little can be done.— Dr. Valintine. The Word of an Englishman. Ihe history of British civil administration justified them in assuming that “the word of an Englishman’’ had come to be regarded as synonymous with honour, integrity, ami justice.— Mr. Toy lor. Mayor of Christchurch. University Reform. Whatever may bo your individual opinions upon university reform, you will probably all agree with me in this—that it is not the degree or title conferred by the university that matters, but the char actor and quality of the teaching given in the colleges.— Mr. (I. Hogben. A True Artist. The carpenter that merely goes through his allotted task to earn his 10/ or I 1/ a day. and has no higher aim. can never be a satisfactory workman, but the carpenter, or any other workman, whether he works with bis hands or not, who puts into his work the best he is capable of, is no longer a drudge, but a true artist.—• Mr. G. Hogben. The Labour Party. Che entrance of the Labour Party intc the political life of Great Britain has been, already, a determining factor ii: winning for the people in the next decade more in the way of progressive legislation than had been won in other countries in a century.— Professor Mills. Colonial Reciprocity.

To me it seems .absorb to talk about a reciprocal tariff with the United States before there is reciprocity between one British Colony and another.— Cap tain Logan, Vancouver. Fancy Work and Degrees. Once upon a time a little fancy work, a little French, and a little learning was all that was required of the toothers of the nation, and he was not mire that the old order was bid ter than the present day system of University degrees and diplomas.— Mr. C. J. Parr. Social Questions and the Church. Ministers of the Gospel as educated and trained men should give some lend on the important social questions of the day, and one great problem was to sec that the producer got what lie produced. —Hon. G. Foirlds. The Eden of the Pacific. They had all looked forward to setting foot on what he had always regarded as the garden of Eden of the overseas Dominions—New Zealand. lie was quite sure the little discomforts of the run from Sydney were more than amply compensated for already by the heartiness of the kindly welcome.— Dr. Charles Harriss.