Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 5, 31 January 1912, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

Israelite* Indeed. CJ~r FTER 20 years in the wilderness 1 I Moses is going to lead us into r“l the promised land. A man who had shown such bulldog courage and such loyalty as Mr. Massey had would take a lot of shifting, and he would ■have a good team behind him.— Dr. Newman, Wellington. A Speculative Indication. Within five years there will be an agreement- between the Commonwealth and the Dominion on defence, and within 20 years New Zealand may join the Federation. — Mr. Fisher. Prime Minister, N.S.W. • • » • Over-insurance. We must rely- to a great extent on the honesty of our agents and the persons insuring. Insurance companies do not, you may rest assured, deliberately

attempt to accept over-insurances on properties. It would ,be bad business to do 60, and they, therefore, certainly do not enter knowingly into such transactions.— Mr. M'ansey, secretary Commercial Union Assurance Company. • * * • The East Gasp. If we are determined to fight against Home Rule to the last gasp, as we are, it Is not for the sake of party interest, but because we know this proposal is not only intolerably unjust to our loyal •fellow subjects in Ireland, but it is also ruinous both to Ireland and Great Britain.— Mr. Honor I,aw. .... Salvation Array Administration. The recent creation of New Zealand as a sel'f-working colony for Salvation Army administration should give great impetus to the cause, and under the. new system, Auckland, as well as the chief centres of the other provinces, would become more important headquarters.—Adjutant Hayward, Salvation Army. The “Tote." The “tote” had practically to create its Own clientele. It had largely increased the volume of betting, and: there had been a very large number of cases of defalcation because .of the facilities which the machine offered. Young men in offices could send out money to the courses by friends, and an employer would never suspect that the members of bis staff were gambling.— Hon. George Fowlds. “ The Real Reason.” The real reason for the victory of the Reform party wns that during the last three years the electors had gained a more intimate knowledge of the two parties than they had had before, andi the .better

they knew the Reform party the more they liked it, and the less they liked the Government.— Mr. Massey. Doubtful Plays. It. was certainly the desire of his profession that the stage should be kept clean, and he was strongly in favour of the institution of the censorship of plays, in spite of occasional illogical acts by the censor. It was much better than a doubtful play should be suppressed altogether thah that, it should be presented and stopped later by the police.— Mr. H. B. Irving. Territorial Registration. As far as the registration of territo.rials —which had now been completed—was concerned, there had been a very excellent and sympathetic response. The registration in the Auckland military district compared favourably with that in the other districts.— General Godley.

The New Zealand Institute. The chief, work of the Institute lay tn the publication of the annual volume of transactions, the. fortythird volume, issued during the past year, comprised 808 pages, the largest single volume issued by the Institute. — Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, President New Zealand Institute. « * * * Human Members. In the present Parliament there existed a distinct, majority in favour of the totalisator, for the reason that members were human, and country members, if they went against, the totalisator, would end their political careers. —/Mr. M. Isitt, M.P. « « • • Territorials and Strikes. The territorial forces have been created solely for the defence of New Zealand against, foreign aggression, and I am of the opinion that the Government would never contemplate the use of territorials in the event of a strike.— General Godley. • » • • ■Weather Forecasts. As soon as the New Zealand wireless stations are erected, arrangements will be made whereby vessels at sea will supply daily reports regarding local weather conditions to the various New Zealand bureaux, and 1 anticipate greater accuracy in the weather forecasts as a result.- — Mr. Bates. Auxiliary Hospital. One thing ho wished to emphasise was that the temporary provision now being provided must be supplemented by the erection of the auxiliary hospital within six months, and no delay must take place in providing this further accommodation. —Hon. D. BmMo.

History. History should not be viewed merely as an,academic subject. It was not, however, a subject that admitted of being taught in the same way as other subjects. It could be far better read by students that taught by a professor. What would a man do who was appointed in the University to teach the history of England? Could he give them something better than they had already? —Professor Salmond. « « • • The "Worst Sinner. The University was the worst sinner in its neglect of history. He agreed that it had been difficult to find a place in the curriculum for history. The study of history had not been neglected by any means by the Education Department.— Mr. G. Hogben. Not to be Bought. There were men there that night whose names would be writ large in the history of the country, men who had fought through many a long sitting for what they believed to be right. Not all the gold in the .Bank of New Zealand could buy any one of them.—Mr. Massey.

Overlapping. There was a great deal of overlapping in university work. If the matter was to be considered he hoped that inquiry would be made into the desirability of havino all closely allied special schools of engineering and all its adjuncts brought into close touch with one another.—Professor B. J. Scott (Canterbury I. « u » « Commerce and Agriculture. At present there was considerable’ anxiety throughout the university colleges to provide a course in commerce. He had no objection to the teaching of commerce, provided it was thorough and academic, but a cynic would smile at the idea of a university being anxious to teach commerce in a country that could not- be called a commercial country when there was no provision for the study of agriculture in the four colleges. To him it appeared that the two things were peculiar and illogical.— Professor Broun.

Bulldozed. The Senate had always invited expert advice, and such had always been listened to attentively. He hoped that no members would be “bulldozed" by what, had been suggested or threatened by people outside. — Sir Bobert Stout. .... “ Stew in Their Own Gravy,” I oppose handing over to the Commonwealth the control of the domestic commerce. 1 favour giving the Commonwealth power to deal with the new protection, industrial arbitration, and the nationalisation or control of inter-State monopolies. If the States permit internal monopolies they should stew in their own gravy. — Mr. Holman. AttorneyGeneral N.S.W. How ? If the Government wanted to encourage local industries let it be done without penalising the backblock settlers.—• Mr. J. E. Magill. The Governor's Wisdom. The Reform party and their chief would not falter if the Governor, in his wisdom, sent for Mr. Massev to assume the control of the affairs of this country. As far as was humanly possible, he would endeavour to place the reforms they had advocated, and which had been asked for and endorsed bv the vote of the people.—• Mr. Herries.