Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 19, 8 May 1912, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

The Worm Will Tara. IF a section of the community declare war against the general public, and tries to starve it out, it is only natural to.expect that the public will hit back.— Mr. Griffith, Minister for Labour, N.S.W. • » » • The Fortunate Isles. New Zealand is fortunate in possessing a very fine stamp of public man. It is also pleasing to st-? that religious and philanthropic institutions are keeping pace with the population and progress of the country.— The Her. Robert Dey. The Lesson Not Lost. 1 would like you to assure the public that the lessons of the terrible disaster in the Atlantic have not been lost upon the New “Zealand marine authorities.—The Hun. (I. Imw. enson, ?>!iiiister of Marine. • • « • Slack Coal. For many years slack coal of excellent steaming qualities was. to a great extent, a waste product, enormous quantities through lack of demand being deposited on slack heaps and slowly demolished by fire. Gradually, however, the value of tire, slack coal for steaming purposes has been ascertained by large and small consumers, with the result that of the whole of the slack coal mined during the past year not one ton was wasted.— Mr. K. IF. Alison, Chairman Taupiri Coal Mines. « • * » Boy Scoats. Sire herself had studied the scout system of training, and she was quite sure from what she had seen that the boy scouts were being trained to develop the highest citizenship, and to be. if necessary, the future defenders of their country.—Lady Islington. * * x- * A High Honour. His Majesty the King has. graciously consented to identify himself with the Territorial army of New Zetland by assuming the position -of Colonel-in-Chief of the 3rd (Auckland! Mounted Rifles and the Ist (Canterbury) Regiment of infantry. Such an honour will, I know, be prized by all ranks in these regiments and will encourage and stimulate them now and hereafter to live up to the high military standard such a distinction entails, whilst this personal connection Of the Crown with the New Zealand forces will still further strengthen those ties which already hold so closely the hearts and the interests of-the people of this country within the circle of the British Empire.— l,ord Islington. • • • » The Board of Trade. For the past 20 years he had been striving to find out what and where the Board of Trade was. He was aware it. had a president, a secretary. and four assistant secretaries, but he had been unable- to discover the,Board of Trade itself, although he had.heard all sorts of extraordinary storjys about it. It had been stated that the last president of the Board of Trade was the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, which had been non-existent for more than 100 years.— Mr. Harelock Wilson. « • « * Enough Ministers. I think there are a sufficient number of Ministers to direct the policy of the different Departments. The real; work is done by the permanent heads, and if the right men are chosen as Ministers, there should be no difficulty in dividing the responsibility. We have to think of the taxpayers as well as party int rest, and the convenience of Ministers for the time being.— Mr. W. F. Massey. « « • • Party Rule. He believed in party rule, but the trouble was that parties died so easily, and fossils, although interesting, were not capable of raising products, A political* party owed its- existence to a certain issue, but when the party was dead the issue did not die with it The same party continued to receive th* people’s support on the strength of the memory of the issues that were deceased.—Professor MiHs.

A Good Second. The Taupiri C’oaf Mmes. Ltd.. ranked as the second largest producer in the Dominion, coming next to the West port Coal Company.—Mr. E. W. Ah-son. * * # • Mind and Body. We have forgotten too often this great truth, that the mind and the body work together. For instance, if you want a friend to do something for you, you will not approach him after he has been out alt night, living not wisely but too well, and in the morning suffering a .recovery.— Lord Chelmsford, Governor of N.S.W. • < • • At Its Mother’s Knee. I must say that I personally deeply regret that in our present-day society there is a need for Sunday schools at aIE The proper place, 1 think, for a child to be taught religion—religion, pure and undefiled —that shall have an everlasting impress, is at its mother’s knee. But we must realise that so many mothers look with diffidence upon teaching their children the deeper truths of religion, and we must recognise also that they have hardly the time or the

strength to'look to their children in this respect. It is to be deplored, and we must al! recognise the very great value Sunday school work is to the community at large.— Lord Chelmsford. Wlien the Ace is Out. It will always pay the stronger naval Power to lo>e ship for ship in every class. The process of cancelling would conduct us, albeit by a ghastly road, to certain victory and a condition not of relative, but of absolute superiority. Further, with reciprocal destruction of the newer ships, the older vessels will rise swiftly in value; when the ace is cut, the king is the best- card, and so on. —Jfr. Churchill. Dunedin and Wellington. * When I go down to Dunedin and see the grand palace of a station they have got down there, it makes me feel wild to thing of our own little station here. It’s our own fault. We ought to keep on asking and asking till we get what we want.— Mr. D. Robertson, Wellington. Hard Working Settlers. The great bulk of the .-ett!-?rs were a splendid cla>s of men. and mixing with them and seeing the difficulties they had to contend with had always aroused in him the very deepest sympathy. lie had seen the hours of hard work they put in, and the very little they had to come and go on. and from first fn last he had always felt it was the duty of the Commissioner to give the settler the lienefit of every doubt. —J/r. James Mackenzie, Land Commissioner.

Tbe Quiet Sunday. Why is it- that- 1. deprecate motoring Sundays, tennis Sundays. and dinner party Sundays! ft is no unthinking, unsympathetic Puritanism that does not want people to enjoy themselves. I grudge you no harmless enjoyment, taken iu the right way, remembering that you have souls, and so have others. But T do not want you to cheat yourselves. The quiet Sunday is fbe one great antidote io the world’s chatter that so often makes us deaf to the truth.— Archbishop Writjh t, Syd ney. • • « • Improved Conditions. In 1885, when the British shipping amounted to some 5.000,000 tons, it required a toll of 3500 lives every year to carry on the trade. When he protested and tried to effect remedies, it was said that these things were “the act of God.” As though God had a particular spite against those who went upon the great waters' It was a significant fact that their efforts for improved conditions had resulted in reducing the number of lives lost- from 3500 to 1000. while in that time the tonnage of British shipping had increased to 14,000.000 tons. —Afr. Havelock Wilson. Political Hypocrisy. Last year three millions of money was advanced to settlers and workers. That- money had to be raised somehow. I am going to take a firm stand on the question of finance, for if the people

want economy they will get it. Personally, 1 am for progress, but I have taken very seriously to heart the denunciations against borrowing. My experience has been that the persons who were most opposed to it were the people who wanted and have received the most. 1 say again that I am for progress, but this political hypocrisy must cease.— The Premier. •« * * * Trade with. Hull. We want a share of your trade. Hull is the third of the important ports of the United Kingdom, and so far we do not get any of your produce trade. The bulk goes to London, while we serve an area with a population of between 10.000,000 and 12.000,000. and you cannot reach these people so cheaply by way of London. We are getting similar produce to yours from other countries, and there is no reason why you should not- have your share.— Mr. Austin Wilson, Trade Commissioner for Hull. ♦ • • • Too Revolutionary. The provisions of the bill (Local Government) would materially affect Auckland City Council, and the education, health, and well-being of the citizens. It introduced the principle of local rates for education, which, in his opinion, was a very objectionable feature. It would letive the city not only to pay the cost of its own maintenance, but also to bear part of the cost of works in the provincial district with whicii it had no concern. Again, it would seem that tin* city’s powers to deal with infections diseases, plague, etc.,' were to be taken

away and vested in a now body. This was a step requiring very careful consideration. While every one admitt<\l the necessity of a comprehensive rheme of local government, they had t«» l»v <«arcfnl that the new measure was not more r (regressive than progressive. in his opinion, the scheme, in its present shape, was too revolutionary to be of any real value.— Mr. J. C Purr, Mayor < f Auckland. • • • No Rats. There would t»e no rats in the Liberal party. Every man would prove loyal. He would not say there would not lie a “bit of a mix-up in things.” hut let them go to the country, and the Liberal party would come hack to power.— Hon. J. Colvin. Pay Out of Profits. In connection with delirium tiemens cases at hospitals, lie hoped they might devise some scheme by which those who made large profits out of the liquor trade might Ik' induced to give something towards providing accommodation for such cases.— Hon. (I. B’. Russell. An Era of Peace. I am convinced that amid the uncertainties and troubles of the present time an era of universal* peace is being slowly evolved.— M. Anatole France. • • » • New Zealand Slums. With all due respect to those people who tell us that we arc enlightened and educated, that we have in our country no poverty and the rest of it, I am situated in a parish where there are bad. slums slums of a bad nature with respect, to conditions of life, overcrowding, and many other evils.—Archdeacon Harper. The Scout. When I was* golfing at- Toronto the boy carrying my clubs told me with pride that, he was a Scout. “What do you do!” “My job,” the boy answered, “is to help everybody all I can.”— Lord Cl rep.