Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 8, 23 August 1911, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

An Episcopal Terror. V'CT HERE are sections of the communII j ity. 1 suppose who regard me I as a perfect terror, and it is just as well for the community a whole that they should regard me in that way. It makes for respect for law and order.— Mr H. IT. Bishop, S.M.

Supply of Rifles. The matter of the supply of service titles to members of rille clubs must of necessity await the completion oi arrangements for the organisation, equipping, and arming of the Territorial force, and the arrival of an additional supply °f rilles now on order. All the rifb*s u ( . now have are wanted for the Territorial". To organise and equip the Territorial force on thoroughly satisfactory lines must l»e the ’Department’s first consideration. — Hon. Ct. Foirlda* • * • • Marine Survey. r l he time has come when a greater expenditure of public money should take l>ldce in a proper survey of our coast. Many navigators are at present always ■ n a dote of doubt as to the accuracy of their position, owing to the unreli ability of the cluirts, and it is only ’• h that the Minister of Marine should y seafaring men a better chance of j n || |e s hape of charts that are •ccurate.—Mr C. B. Poole, ill'.

The Old Soldier. 1 think the Government must be waiting for the old men to die off; 1 am ashamed at the treatment accorded to those old men who served their country in the Maori war. and hope the members will take the matter of old soldiers’ claims in hand, and insist on the Government facing the position.— Mr IV. F. Massey. M.P.

Free Tickets. People who get free tickets are the worst section of an audience—l never give away a free ticket. The free-ticket man thinks it is his privilege to be. hypercritical and cynical, ami he very seldom applauds. If a person were to advertise, a free concert, he would find that after the second item a few people would leave, more and more would leave after the second and third items, and in the end about a third of the audience would remain to see the concert out. When they pay. they see the concert out. —that is because you get a different class of people, the genuine lovers of music.— Mr John Sousa. Youth and Crime. Speaking from memory, he believed it would be found that something like IB per cent of criminals started their criminal career before the age of 15, and about 36 per cent lietwern the ages «»/ 15 and 20.—Dr Hay, inspector General of Mental Hospitals,

English Hospitality. The opinion expressed by very many New Zealanders whom 1 have met at a great variety of social functions, is that British hospitality this year had been unprecedentedly generous even for London. the different societies have shown the utmost industry in getting the names of colonials and overseas visitors and inviting them to as many entertainments and social functions as possible. Private hospitality, too. has been most generous, and although there may be heartburnings in connection with one or two special functions. T think it will be generally conceded that everyone from overseas has** been treated remarkably well.—S’fr John Fin J fay.

Wasted Time. The time of children nowadays was absolutely wasted over studies that were useless. The schoolhouse should be related directly to the primary tasks of life.— Mills.

Secret Inquiries. A most undesirable fashion is coming into vogue in this country, of holding secret inquiries and hearing cases behind closed doors. Recently there were secret proceedings in the Supreme Court when the liberty of a subject was at stake, and then there was the inquiry conducted by the Chief Justice at Rarotonga behind closed doors. Many witnesses very properly, as I think, declined to give evidence unless the doors were opened. They demanded an open Court and an independent Bench in every case. To encourage this secret administration of justice would l»e to go back over a hundred years, and give away the priceless privileges for which our forefathers contended. — Mr W. F. Massey, M.P. Long Ears. There is no harm in speaking the truth, ami nobody who goes about New Zealand with his ears open can fail to hear, not once in a while, but frequently, from our Opposition friends such re marks as these when discussing our Liberal laws.- ‘What can you expect with one man one vote? It is the curse of the country. Why should the man who sweeps the gutter, or who may be here to-day and gone to-morrow, have the same voice in the country as the man with such and such an area of lands, or who owns other substantial property, or who has a stake in or been a pioneer in the country? — Mr IV. //. Field. The Press Gang. If he wanted to ascertain the spirit of the Opposition party he went to the Opposition newspapers and there he found it unvarnished, concentrated and unblushing. The Conservative press was always in the one place—for vested interest. Wealth was its god. The rights of property were its decalogue, and its foot was al wavs upon the rights of tho people. — .]/,- /,. ]/ /sift. M.P. Work for Wovien. Arrangements were being made for a meeting of women in Wellington with a view to forming a women’s organisation to concentrate its attention on the question of reducing the price of rents and foodstuffs. If the women could be induced to give as much time and at ten tion to that question as the men did to the increase of wages, they would be doing even better work than the male organisation". — Professor M ills. * * » » What Happened to Smith. 1 might just a> well tell the Hou-e what happened to Smith. IL* got a confidential State document and instead of treating it in an honourable up right manner, he published it in the papers, and then tried to work up an indignation meeting, in which he was assisted by Mr Fisher. To render him every possible asd-dance Smith sent for delegates from outside, but when they found he had a-ted in a discredit able manner they refused to sit with him.— Hon. I*. Mfhenz'o'. Adopted Children. During the past three-and a half years. 630 orders have been made by magis trates for the adoption of children, and it is satisfactory to have the assurance that the motive of the adopting parent-, is. as a rule, either affection for the child, or it arises from their desire to fill a want in their lives.— Mr /*. Pope, Education Depart inent. Country Sport. The meetings in the country are not only more in the truest interests of racing as a sport, but are also big encour aging factors in the breeding of good horses.—l/r Pearce, M.P.