Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 16, 16 October 1912, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

The Menace of the East. THE real yellow peril is an industrial one, and will arise when China ceases to consume the products of European industry, and floods the world with goods produced nt prices far lower than those which now give the worker a living wage and yield the manufacturer a fair profit.— Mr. T. 11. Steinhorst. * * • * Mend It or End. It. The Upper House was an expensive superfluity. The question was whether it was better to emasculate it or poleaxe it.—. Mr. T. M. Milford, M.P. i, -* * * Only One Door. Promotion in the .Civil .Service should be 'by merit, and not by seniority. A plan in use in America, where the heads of Departments came together for an annual conference, might well be adopted here. Such consultations would tend to reduce expenses and increase efficiency. There should 'be only one door —the front door —for admission to the service. —Hon. M. Luke. * * * * The Love of Pictures. People have always been fond of pictures—even before the kinematograph—and they are not going to drop the habit of liking them because they are alive, I guess. Pictures are going to teach the world the things the world wants to know—in the schools, in the hospitals, in the studio, in the .laboratory, and always in the heart of the public the living picture must always retain its place. Mark my words!— Mr. J. D. 'Williams. * * ♦ * Poverty in New Zealand. Here in New Zealand people had not very much to be proud about in the. condition of the larger towns. Much was heard respecting the state of the poor in the big cities at Home, but his experience led him to believe that the condition of the poor in New Zealand was quite as bad, though perhaps it did not assume such magnitude in the eyes of the community owing to the difference in size of the population.— 1 rchdeacon Harper. Advance Australia. Australia had especial cause for pride in the achievements accomplished in so short a period. Her prowess in sport, the valour of her sons when opportunity acquired it, the turning of the virgin land into rich pastures, the erection of groat cities and noble churches, were all causes for national gratification.— The Bishop of Bathurst. Japan's Trained Athletes. Ju Japan half a million men arc undergoing military training—a very severe course, under active service conditions. All of these men are trained athletes, and filled with overwhelming patriotism. If ever we had to face an attack front 1 hem our only hope would be to imitate the Boers, avoid any set action, and go in for guerilla warfare. In a pitched battle we would be nowhere.—-If;-. Blakewore, New South M ales. The Diabolical Dressmaker. Aon have profaned the work of Goil with the diabolical help of the dress maker. You have dared to change the bodily formation given you by the Creator, and you make yourselves look ridiculous by dressing like Sultanas. Any eccentricity seems to you to be natural, and makes you happy. Your hats are a defiance of every rule of sense, and your skirts seem to have 'been cut by the Evil One for the purpose of encompassing your k’wn destruction.'— t'other Daffrc. » * « » Foolish Squandering, Australia, no doubt, is a wonderful country, and 1 believe that the man with thousands can be assured of a fair return, but a country which makes no provision for the small farmer cannot have perman-

ence in agricultural affairs. Australians are foolishly squandering thousands in city development, to the detriment of farming interests.— Mr. J. Melrose. Palmerston North. » • • » The Gambling Evil. The evil which undermines social happiness is the prevalence of betting and gambling. In the nature of the case, it is impossible to secure accurate statistics, and exaggeration injures any cause. I prefer, therefore, to simply state that anyone with pastoral experience in parochial life knows the harm resulting from this evil, whether it be actual distress and poverty or the undermining or integrity, or the weakening of moral strenuousness in business endeavour by the craze to get rich quickly' at another’s cost.—A rchbishop Wright.

An Example in Patriotism. The people of England do not understand that a citizen's first duty is to render himself capable of defending hit hearth and home, and compulsory ser vice cannot be carried into effect in Great Britain until her citizens are as patriotic as their kinsmen in Australia and New Zealanil. — Sir Erclyn Wood. * r- * » Cliureli and Country. He admired the ideal aimed at by llio Society of Friends, the Peace Society, and others, but he felt that a man could not justly feel that he was doing his duty to his church unless he were also doing his duty to his country.— Colonel Allendale. Honouring the Veterans. Seeing that we are going in for n scheme of defence, it is only fitting that we should show our appreciation of the work done by our veterans, else it will be but small encouragement to our young soldiers. — Mr. MacDonald, M.P. « « « • Dear Meat. Meat is dearer in Auckland than in any other centres in New Zealand. This state of affairs exists in spite of the fact that the wholesale price is much the same throughout the Dominion, and although the. wages paid in Auckland are lower than those given in other centres. — Mr. IV. E. Sill, seertary Auckland Butchers' Employees’ Union. « a a • Who Are The Workers I When I speak of workers 1 include 11.* working farmers. We arc always con fusing the working farmer with the wealthy landowner in this House.— Mr 11’. A. Veitch, M.B.

No Show, Not only at Doncaster, but at other shows, he was impressed with the display of grain, produce, etc., from the Commonwealth, but was quite disappointed at the absence of any indication that New Zealand had a place on the map. To hundreds of thousands a display by this Dominion would have proved that if we had the money to pay for a Dreadnought wo had wool, grain, mutton, and other products, and a count ry to which the industrious surplus population of England —people who were used to farming and wanted to better their condition —could emigrate with advantage.— Mr Kenneth ed on the sea to give assistance if rcquiredin times of trouble.— Mr. (I. IV. Russell, M.P............. « « * « A Good Aiip, New Zealand has been the aim of my life.— Rear-Admiral Ross, U.S. Navy. ■¥ * « * History and Progress. Human history deals with the achievements of soldiers. Human progress is due to inventors. Barbarism ceased and

civilisation began when people settled down long enough to build a town. — Professor M ills. No Use to Anybody. What on earth is to be gained by this 21 hours’ strike? It means loss of pay for the day, irritation of employers, and dislocation of business. Ami in the end no good purpose is served. — Mr. C. J. Parr, Mayor of Auckland.

Which One ? There was one Minister in the present Cabinet- who was capable.— —Hon. IV. Beehan. » ♦ « • A Sound Business. All our securities are thoroughly sound and their value shows a considerable surplus over their cost. £4,354 13/5 has been transferred to the officers’ superannuation and proviacnr runa. ana we recommend a dividend of 2/- per share, making a total distribution of 3/9 for the year. The balance carried forward will be £33,294 14/6, being an increase of £8696 5/5 over the balance carried forward last year.-— Air. J. H. V-pton, chairman South British Insurance Company. • » * • Sports aud Science. I have found in New Zealand here a good many young men and young women reading the sports page, but not since 1 have been in New Zealand have I gone into a home and found anybody engaged in reading the “ Scientific American.”—■ I‘rofcssor Mills.