Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIX, Issue 21, 21 May 1913, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

A Sad Thing. IT is a sad tiling to see such a number of Burnham boys coming before me. 1 don’t understand bow it is, but 1 suppose it is because such a number of liad boys go to the school. —Sir Robert Stout. « » s » King John's Mantle. I he Magna < harta was passed in the reign of King .John because the King usiupr-d all authority, and is still in existence, and the Government of to day have taken King John’s mantle upon themselves in New Zealand, and the only "way which I’etone will have of evading the levy is by passive resistance. The work did not benefit Petone. but ail the old dead-beats in the country, and influenced the elections.— Mr Findlay. No More Cheap Money. He did not think they would see cheap money again. A proportion of the money required for the Lower Hutt borough drainage work was raised at per cent. Large municipalities like Sydney and Melbourne had had to pay 5 per cent., and in some cases they were unable to get money. In one instance a loan of £12,000 cost (i per cent. — 1/r /,’. Itunz. The Boy of To-day. In my opinion the boy of to-day is more honest than-the boy of two generations ago. He is cleaner in thought and mind, and is certainly more considerate of the feelings of others. He is much more amenable to discipline, and is thoroughly imbued with the idea that honourable labour is a form of prayer—the form that is not lightly regarded by the Almighty. I do not consider that the moral tone of our youth has suffeied in the slightest degree from our system of secular education.— Mr D. I). Mctge, Headmaster Newton East School. * * * « Too Prominent. He thought that the public school teachers were becoming too prominent in opposing the Bible-in-schools’ movement. It was time that the teachers were told that the schools were not made for the teachers, but the teachers were made for the schools. It was evidently democratic that the voice of the people should be taken on this question of Scripture lessons in schools. — Iler. J. I\. Elliott. Legal Advice and Whisky. 1 suppose the quantity of whisky you get for a shilling is something like a legal opinion. One man may charge G/8, another 13/4, and a third, who, perhaps, may feel inclined to give a guarantee that his opinion is correct, may possibly charge a guinea. I don’t speak us an expert about whisky, but I suppose it varies in quality pretty much as advice does.— Mr Justice Edwards. ■ Daringly Unconventional. We women of the Dominion, we free women, theoretically emancipated, the envy of political women agitators all over the world, permit the whole of our girls to be educated by men along the lines suitable for the development of the masculine development. What is happening t-o our peculiar and particular excellencies! They are being educated out of us. Women arc becoming athletic—good sports. They are becoming political—agitators—disturbers of the public peace. They are becoming theorists of an advanced type, and daringly set conventionality at nought. If they get their own way fully and entirely, wlmt will be the end of it?— Miss Richmond. • • • • A Very Sad Place. Although a cablegram which appeared in the newspapers a few days ago conveyed the news that the Lords had decided that the divorce proceedings should be held in open Court. I will inform the public that the New Zealand Parliament has made a Statute which enables mo to hear all the divorce cases in private. I don’t believe in hearing divorce cases ill private, but I will not allow the Court to bo used as a place.of public amusement. It is not nt all a jdace of amusement. Jt'is a Very sad place, and J will not have it turned into a theatre. If

necessary, I will have the Court cleared, and allow only the newspaper representatives to be present, so as to avoid any scandal.— Mr Justice Edwards. • * • * The World’s Peace. General disarmament must be preceded by the elimination from the world’s system of all causes of war. The political situation in Europe was such that Britain may do more to preserve peace by strengthening her forces than' any other means. England ought to be so strong in the council of nations that her mandate for peace could not be disregarded.—. Sir Arthur Lawley. • * < * ‘ A Pacific Fleet. As far as I am concerned, and I speak as a citizen of the Empire, we ought to do everything possible to provide far land defence, so that in the event of trouble

we may be able to take care of ourselves. There'is an Imperial fleet in the British Home waters able to hold its own against any possible enemy, or enemies, so 1 hope the time has come when there should be a British fleet in the Pacific, also able to hold its own against any probable combination in these seas.—/ton. ll’. F. Massey. V * * * A Damaging Policy. Women’s conduct in England had satisfied many people in America that women would not be safe with the ballot, and consequently American women were being voted down.— Miss Anna Shaw. * « « » Force as a Last Resort. He declined to be a party to any com promise on the Home Rule Bill. Ulster still adhered to its covenant. Force would be used only as a last resort to beat back those who were daring to barter away the loyalists’ elementary rights of citizenship.—Sir Eduard Carson. Local Navy Preferred. The Admiralty had always favoured contributions, but the majority of Canadians did not desire this. The Australians had abandoned tho contribution system, believing in the formation of their own navy. The attitude of most Canadians was similar. — Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Clashing. While iu Sydney some six weeks ago he had visited the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium —the principal school for physical cul-

ture in that city—and be had been informed' that the coming of the Territorial isyatem of military training had knocked down the attendance quite 50 per cent. And experience seemed to be somewhat similar in New Zealand. It was evident that the young fellows who previously went in for gymnasium exercise now had to do territorial work, und objected a.s a consequence to give an extra night in the week to physical work in the gymnasium.— Mr T. IF. Leys.