Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7, 14 August 1912, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

Connseis of Moderation. V| • HE workers do not know w'liat the Industrial Conciliation and 1 Arbitration Act can do for them. The eonciEatnon oysteni could settle all disputes if only tiro men werot alioirt it in the right way. Workers dhpuld always be moderate in their demands and remember that there was always *‘a give as welt as a take.”—Vr IF. Kctfirr, Wellington. W • • Industry in the East. The 'industrial problems of Europe are being ■in't.rcduced into Asia. Asia has long known congestion of ipopulation, init it has never hitherto had to face ‘•slum problems - ’ in our sense <if the phrase. The new indit.-ttiria'lism is load.ing to the rapid growth of ditties, with ■their pi’rrhlems of housing and sanitation. —IF. Coper. Sea Transport. There was no branch of human industry in the Dominion that helped its progress and -prosperity to a more real extent than rapid, regidar, ami certain sea transport from the ports of this dominion to other ports of the world.— Lord Isli'nytoii. Workers’ Homes. H writ l-.e found that, unless (provision is made for workers to be able to earn a part of tiheir living on ‘their own land, any scheme 'for the erection of workers’ homes -will fail to meet the requirements of the day.— Mr Schmitt. Industrial Exploitation in the East. With the low value placed upon the life of the individual by 'the Orient, this new spirit, of agnostic materialism actuating 'the Headers., and the absence of a- vigorous Christian public openion, the possibilities of 'industrial exploitation and suffering in t he Fast are appalling.—* Hr. 7’. IT. Caper. Timber and Roads. Local bodies got half the royalties from timber on ordinary Crown 'lauds, but this was a mere. “fleabite, because, nearly all the good kauri was on areas that- had been declared 'forest reserves. The existence of these forest reserves and the fact that no royalties were derived from them had prevented the construction of roads, and it was impossible to drive a coach from Whangarei and Dargaville.-— Mr Hardiny. The City of the Future, I am of opinion that you ate goJng to have a city on the Wairoa, and! I thing Diargaville fs the place. It may take a quarter of a century but you are going to have a very trig town there. The Premier. • • • « An Elected Second Chamber Only seven of the members of 11<1 iLegiiriative Council appointed for life now remained, and there were 32 members appointed for fixed terms. After a •trial of 21 years the present method of appointment stands condemned. The alternative which th? country now demands is the direct election of the. Second Chamber by the vote of the people.— Hon. J. Allen. Central Schools. 1 have no dot'ot in my own mind that if a number of our .-.mall schools were closed wherever conditions were favourable, and the children were conveyed to central schools, the greater efficiency in insti'iietion ami the’ greater benefits' the children would derive from being members of a larger community would be so pronounced that pi rents and ■others interested) would woodier why they had so long submitted to the conditions at present obtaining.•— Mr Mulyan, Chief Inspector of Schools, Auckland. Municipal Help for Music. Auckland lias made great s 1 rides musically since the Town Hall was opened. Before that time concerts vero very badly attended. Now they are packed, especially at the Saturday night perfornianeea. The Town Halt and muni-

cipal help are undoubtedly the only means by winch one can advance miWie to a higher artistic level.— Mr Lorraint. Auckland aud Wellington Music. As far as musical matters are concerned, the best choral performance 1 have ever heard in the Dominion was that given by 'the Royal Society nt Wellington, under Mr Maughan Barnett. They engage a professional orchestra as much as possible, and their performances are very fine. With regard to the Wellington Municipal Orchestra, I must say that their perfoi ntaiiees both as to matter «usd general execution were not anyt'hiirg like the performances we give ■here in Auckland with our Orchestral Society.— Hen' Wielacrt. Au Altered Diet. It used to be the boast of Japan that the reasons for the hardiness and courage of her .soldiers were to be found largely in the f.’ict that they were, generally speaking, vegetarians. Indeed, ut the time of the Ru-so-Japanose war a

great- deal was written concerning the Tice rations served out to the Japanese 'troops. Now, however, the Japanese are turning their attention to moat as a staple article of their diet, and more meat is being eaten to-day in Japan than ever. — Mr H. C. Cameron. N.Z. Produce Commissioner. » « * • Rifle Clubs. 'He desired to see rifle clubs an integral part of the defence forces. His (scheme was that a certain proportion of the young men of the Dominion liable for eompulsoiry military training should lie posted to the rille clubs. He was anxious to have the elute as a proper integral part of Hie force, and a genuine second Hu® to ilie territorial, forces.—• (Jencral (lodley. * • « • The Criterion of Price. A great many people 'Wrink the thing ii not who-t they want unless they have to pay a high price for it. Whether they always get what 'they ask and w lia-t they

pay for may be doubted, but the fact remain*. It is evident that there will l-e a 'market for the Ivigher-prieesl antich. ‘ Tin- lower priie nt which meat pre-erve-d 'by the it frige rat is I process fs sold is not due to the lower quality. It •is due to the lower coA of production in the eoimtry of origin, and the margin rn price represents exactly the benefit the consumers derive from refrigeration, as against, the home-grown meat.— Mr H. (*. Cameron, Produce t'onunissiouer. An Attractive Exhibition. We want to make the Exlubition at•t.Bavtive—especially in the evenings,— with ajiy amount of coloured lights, good 'bands, “fairy" fouittu'ins electrically lit •in varied tints, beautifully laid-out grounds, shady walks, ami secluded arbors, where men may take their wives or sweetheart’s for a quiet hour; with outdoor restaurants, where beverages may be (sipped under the open sky in peace, jet amidst surrounding animation, and in many other ways.— Mr (leorffc Hlliot, President Auckland Exhibition. * * ■» • New Zealand Born. Of the nine members of the present flovernment, five were native-born New Zealanders. Seven (including the five mentioned) were colonial born ; the only

two members of the Ministry who were born in the tank! they called “Home” were the Minister for Railways and himself, -and he thought he could say that both of them, if not New Zealanders by 'birth, were New Zealanders dn every other sense of 'the word. Their interests were here, their sympathies were here, and they w ere here to stay.— The Premier. The Craze for Athletics. ■So few of the yoirng men in the place have gone in for anything but athletics, and, although 1 am the last man 'in 'the world bo rleiery abhleties, yet things are coming to the point now thwt they exclude everything.— Mr IL Tarter. Welling! on. * » • • A God of Chaff. Numbers of people were slaves to idairvoyaney, to crystals, and lo fortune'tellers, while it was perfectly nstonidiing i«ow tyrannically society was ruled by superstition that ix-latisl to the fu-

ture of hfc ansi ts eli>se upon i.ir:h Fortpin-feHers ;uyl their dupiss de llirtok-d <•<».!, end in His piece set i.y a god of ehaff, tkurid any sane ;nr ■-i Micve that his deriinj’ could be f< vtold for him? — Ken. It. Ready, Auckland. The Salvation of the Maori. The only sedmfiou f<«' the Maori was dull'd work. It was a verj- serious th) g to jriace large sums of moiioy into hi? hands at one time.— Major laisl:. w * * • The Worst Railways in the World. The Austra'li'in railroad- arc all ownxl by the Goverirmeut. and they are without exception the worst- in the world. The <iovemment is extremely slow about building extensions, and it will not permit private capital to devriep the syitcm. — Mr H. T. Patten Chicago. Maoris and Sport. By the Treaty of Waitangi all Maoris imagined that- they had perfect liberty to destroy wholeisale the fish ami game of New Zealand at all seasons and in all fia.rte. While this 'treaty did accord some liberiries, it was never surely in tended that the Maori should use it sis a shield for wholesale slaughter. A new Act 'to pot the Maori under the same sporting rules as the white m:i.n was absolutely essential. — Mr Hazard. Auck land. • • s • Amusing the Baby. The baby of 'to-day is too imuch entertained. There was too much .playing 'with very small children, too much i:o i'iec taken of them. In a large family no one had! time for ‘this, but where there was only the one child, it was kept in a consbaimt ferment, of excitement ns father, mother, and (relatives ried with cadli other in “amusing baby.” Mi th one ani lanobher th® child is worked up to the hlghes't possible pitch. Much of the nervous troanble in later life is founded tn (this way, and ■much immediiatc 'illhealth is duo te» dandling' and! darning and excitement. A child which is root doing well at -home will sometimes thrive 'and grow on the very same fo;ai if it. is sent to a ninrsing home, where bt it? attended 'to but not ent irt aini d, a I"! is allowed 1 to develop in peace.- - Dr. Violet Plummer.