Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 26, 25 December 1912, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

•'As the Crackling of Thorns Under a Pot.” THEY must be prepared, if necessary, to break and destroy the material substance of life, and to acquiesce if the material substance of our life is destroyed.— Mrs Pet hick Lawrence (Suffragette.) * * * « Canada’s Bonus for Farm Hands. Canada is making renewed efforts to secure immigrants by paying a bonus of £2 for farm hands.— Mr Percy Hunter (Immigration Officer for N.S.W.) * # * * “One’s Best” the Watchword. To do his best for the Empire should bo not only every man’s watchword, but even his epitaph.— Lord Liverpool. The Dominion at its Best. Since his recent visit to Auckland he had travelled from Auckland to the southern parts of Otago, and he could assure them that the whole country had never looked better than now; in fact, it looked at its very best. — The .Hon. the Premier. * • • • With a Woman. With a woman it is always personality that counts most. •— Miss Elizabeth Wordsworth. » » # * Naval Defence. The best thing for any Dominion to do would' be to begin something on the lines of what Australia was doing, that was, to spend the money in developing its own resources in the way of ships, and, what was probably more important than anything else, training its own men to man the ships. — Commander Ward (H.M.s. Torch). Russian and New Zealand Trains Equally Slow. Russian trains are comfortable and roomy, though slow.— Mr A, It. Hislop (Wellington). > . • * * * ---r.Australia and the Wireless Chain. Australia had led the way in the matter of the wireless chain, and had given Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, an undertaking to erect a station capable of working in the Imperial chain. —Sir George Reid. * * * * The Auckland Dairying District. The Auckland district as a whole looks well for this season of the year. — Mr J. G. Hark ness. * * » « The Maoris “a Wonderful People.” A wonderful people, who had adapted themselves to the condition of civilised life in a wonderful way.— Lord Islington. New Zealand’s Gift to the Empire. New Zealand’s contribution did nothing to strengthen the outer Empire.— Sir Newton Moore (Agent - General for W.A.). » « • » New Zealand Workers Better Off I than British. lie was quite satisfied that the workers here had an advantage over those in England in every respect. New Zealanders were better off, both as regards hours of labour, wages, and also social conditions. —Mr IV. 11. George (Wellington). « • ». « A Policeman Hears the Truth. It was your duty to bring offenders to justice, but you have polluted the stream of justice at its source.— Chief Justice [JVai/ (South Australia). « * « • America and New Zealand Meat. America, like all the other nations, was experiencing an increase in the cost of living. Meat, particularly, was increasing in price beyond all reason, and from what he saw he thought there might be a chance of the new Wilson Administration removing the duty against meat. If it did so, New Zealand would benefit, more than any other country.— Mr G. (IV. S. Patterson. • • * * A Suffragette on Morals. All the ’ Acts’ of Parliament in the world would not make any difference to the moralrf of a comihunity,— Ludy Stout.

New ‘Zealanders Proud -of ‘Ehe.ir Country. The people of New Zealand were proud of their country—of the scenery, its productiveness, and its progressiveness—and they were proud that there was no country more loyal or Imperialistic.— The Hon. the Premier. 9 • • • South America and New Zealand Products. Only 20 days’ journey separated the Dominion from Monte Video, the South American port of call, and the voyage round Cape Horn was a cool trip all the way, thus enabling perishable goods, such as apples and potatoes, to be carried without the aid of cold storage. Added to this, there was a fortnightly steamer

service between New Zealand and Monte Video. — Mr J. G. Moore. * » «• Democracy's Worst Enemy. Of all the. enemies to democracy ignore ance is the worst. Yen cannot trust a mob; you can trust an enlightened 'people.—Mr Mills. Royalty and the Bible. He had promised Queen Alexandra in 1881 to read a chapter daily, and had adhered to the promise ever since.— H.M. the King. How to Make Farmers Happy. The farmers would be quite happy if they were only left alone. — Mr J. GWilson. «• * « « ■What Stars are These that Shine so Bright! What stars yon have in New Zealand; they are magnificent.— Miss Marg Procter. « « « • The Restful Wellingtonians. His Excellency would early discover that the people of Wellington were lulled into restfulness by the sound of wind and w'ave. — Mr McLaren (Mayor of Wellington). England, Home, and—Truth. He was proud it was given to him to go to England at such' an opportune moment, and to hear what they had to say on the great questions of the day, especially the question of defence. lie was glad of the opportunity to go to England for another reason. There were those who had been speaking of us in a slighting and degrading tone, and he thought it was time someone should say that what was being published about us was not true.— Hon. Jas. Allen. , * * * * The Floating Empire. One might say that our Brit ish Empire floats upon the Sea, and that practically the whole of the commerce is carried by the vessels of the mercantile marine. And as the Royal Navy existed to protect these, both services were closely united together. — Admiral King-Hall. « « * « Newmarket's New Mantle. -They had been putting a new mantle on their borough, and when its folds were finally adjusted, the suburb would lie second to none in Auckland for cleanliness and presentable streets. — th L>. Teed (Mayor of Newmarket).

A Well-earned. Holiday. He was feeling just in the humour to enjoy the sights and pleasure of an extended holiday in Great Britain. — Sir Joseph "Ward. • • » * Prisoners’ Favourite Hymns. In the Wellington Terrace gaol lie had been told that the favourite hymn of the prisoners was the one commencing “We love the place.” In the Lyttelton gaol which he had visited that day, he had been told that the favourite was the one “Open wide the gates.”— Hon. A. L. Herdman, M.P. •' • » * The New High Commissioner. The new High Commissioner gives promise of doing well for New Zealand, and his selection of new offices should assist towards that end- Mr Mackenzie had been energetic since his arrival in England, and he had also been well received in various quarters. It was to New Zealand’s best interests to make known her resources.— Lady Stout.

Germany (blindfolded): “I thought Russia was waiting for me here, but she seems to be with Italy behind my baek.”

“Kn Ear-haunting Phrase.” , Under the initials “ in the Edinburgh “ Dispatch,” a clever versemaker has the following rippling lines on “The Sanjak of Novi-Bazar”:— There’<3 an phrase that’s attracted my gaze. In the daily reports of the Press,

Tho’ I’m hanged if I ace what it’s purport may be, I fancy I’m right when I guess That it means warlike work for the Serb and the Turk, As they fight in the Balkums afar, For, by' nil that one hears, it’s set them by the ears— The Sanjak of Novi-Bazar. I don’t wonder at all if the Sanjak's a Caliph In costume piratic and splendid. Who swanks it thro’ life with a multiple wife, By a solemn Grand Vizier attended: With a national debt and a diamond aigrette That gleams in his fez like a star— If it really means that, then I take off my hat To the Sanjak of Novi-Bazar. Or it may be a beast that resides in th:: East. A monster with murderous claw, With a sinister eye and a tail half-mast high, And teeth like a circular saw; That roosts in a cave and makes meals of the brave Mountaineer—how I’d love from afar To watch D. Lloyd George in some grim Balkan gorge With the Sanjak of Novi Bazar. But I really don’t care tho’ the pundits declare That the meaning I’ve failed to elicit, There’s a magic that plays round that, mystical phrase Whatever it’s value explicit; There’s a breadth and a tone, there’s a lilt of its own From the S to the ultimate R, Of all names tho queerest that hail from the near East — The Sanjak of Novi-Bazar!