THE EMPIRE

New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 5, 1 February 1903, Page 414

THE EMPIRE

While there is so much written about the consolidation of our Empire, it is not surprising that there should be periodicals devoted solely to that object. Of these the " Britannia " holds a prominent place. It is no ephemeral production, here today and gone to-morrow, for it is now in its seventh year. The December number is to hand. An article of special interest deals with " the Sugar Convention and Parliament," another describes " Farm Life in South Eastern Canada/ and recommends New Brunswick very strongly to Britishers as a country with room for any amount of development. In reading it, however, one cannot help being struck with the superior advantages New Zealand has to offer. One of a series of articles headed, " Industries of the Empire " deals with the manufacture of lace. There are letters from Australia and New Zealand, the latter by Hilda Keane, giving a lively description of Premier Sed don's return, his em-pire-building utterances, and other events of similar interest. In " Stories of Greater Britain," Lieuten-ant-Colonel J. Macgregor describes " How I Became a Stowaway/ The

character sketches include Henry G-rattan and Charles M. Aikman. There are the usual notes of the month, " Pith of the Parliamentary Papers/ and a " Diary of Progress of National Unity Movement."' The magazine sticks essentially to its text, and should certainly assist materially in furthering the good object it has in view.