NEW ZEALAND DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND DINNER.

—-■■' A GATHERING IN LONDON. SOME INTERESTING SPEECHES: Somo interesting speeches were mado' at the New' Zealand dinner which was held in liondon on Juno 21. Tho Hon. W. UaII-iTonc3 wa-3 in tho chair, ahd'had on his right as gucrA'of the evening ' ; Uio Eight Hon. Earl Crewe, Secretary, of ; State for tho Colonics, and on. his left Earl llanfurly, an- ex-Governor. Other gucst3 provided • at; the chairman's table included HiT Montague Nclcon, K.C.M.G., Mr.-Hon-nikcr "Hoaton, M.P., Sir Wcstby Perceval; thc'iHon, I'cmber Reeves, and-tho.'Agents- ';[ jGnnoral ,for -New South Wales, Victoria. ■■■ Wo'iterii Australia, South Australia, ana ■j Tasmania. .-. Earl Crowe, in proposing "Prosperity, to the Dominion of Now Zealand," said that j changes had taken place since- ho proposed a ■ • similar'toast last year. That a worthy successor had been found to tho Hon. W. P. lloovca in the person of Mr. Hall-Jones showed how inexhaustible wero the resources of the Dominion. As Secretary for State, ; bo wss glad to refer to the great services -' that Mr. Hall-Jones had rendered, the-Em-pire and'Nov,' Zealand. It waa with profound gratification; that the offer of Now Zealand to'pay an increased contribution to Imperial defence had been received, an offer made spontaneously and without conditions. Since that had.come the magnificent and gratifying offer of ono or, if v neccMary, two ; Dreadnoughts. (Hear,- hear.) This had been a r,6urco of utmost gratification to the Government and'to ovenone/ The dominiofifl'ha4 '. signified their willingness to iff holding their• own in that competition 1 ■in' • armaments which, regrettable as it"Was, ttey 1 could hot allow'themselves for ons moment to fall behind in.;' (Hear, hear.) He waargfirf to know that Sir Joseph Ward tfas'oii-his' way to tho Defence Conference, his presence ■; being indisnencable. , They, , were deeply" ■ grateful to nim; and he seemed W''hai>o . grasped tho fact that'the- only way te aiY~ nihilato distdr.ee was to ignore it The*!'''in thia country who were students of compara'-* tivc po!itio3 regarded with interest proeietf-" ings in the. Now Zealand Ivegrsfaiiure..'There? they had dealt with the cjiKstion of tlie'seC' ond. ballot, and had "initiated arbitration l arid 1 conciliation in industrial disputes.. He' : was" hot going to attempt to draw are analogy between the financial proposals' of the Gov- .'■ ornmc-nt and New Zealand fegfsFa-tfoir,. Zealand started with zekstt 'skte,Jmt when he saw certain principles carried' into- effect by men of their own- race,, though, not in precisclv. the' same form, he . was entitled to claim tnat their own. proposals' were not made by.fiends in human shzpe. The Hon. w.'-'Hall-Jones, who was entrrasiastioally received, said that New_ Zealand ' would como out-first in any comparison that ' might bo instituted with an old-world country, whether as regards the prandenr of her scenery or the character of her people. How, theu, ho asked, could tho Dominion bo anything but prosperous. He was grateful to Lord Crewe;for: his references to Mr. Reeves, his predecessor, to whom ho wished a continuance of that success which had followed him through life. New Zealand could not fail : to' prosper.' Prices' .were rising, and the'financial;stringency was disappearing. In 1885, oil; the. grant of ■ responsible governthe population was only .40,000, and now it was over a million.. He often thought when'reading'.the discussion on-the-Budget here, .that'.-New; Zealand was-the .greatest country : ; on-earth.':. ; Ho that other ) Empires had had colonial.-policies, but they, must-not: follow their methods and allow the supremacy of, tho seas ! to be, lost for, asingle day,' Impsrial commerce,was increasing,, the overseas .dominions; growing, and ho looked forward to a supremacy beyond, any tiling of to-day., (Hear, hear.),-; N W"-'%»: land recognised its ho felt sure tho Future interests' of tho Empire were safo in'.'tho bands of ;such men as , be: saw HTonnd'him. :; The-offcr.'-of 'a Dreadnought had no apolitical significance., so far as tljia equntry, ,was';concernedi no more, £2000. subscribed;-aadt j sent, te, biflii, foiv.noor peoploi.in England. They : .simply recognised that.'something -.-wan'ted' ..doing, .; -and n tlipy wisl)«d->tto4avo.'a ; 'hand in doing*it. ;,Ho,congV'atulated the Government in bringing about , the '-Imperial'.'' D.efenc'o;' Corifwcltce, .;an'd;' ; \va'a. svtrb'tlio result -waiild bo'sati6fa'ctery;..l- Refc'r-■eiico-liad''bccn'nia'!lo:'t<>- New- Zealand' perimental iogftlationVana-'he .saw none 'that in main'principles they;shbuld-'go:back: upon. When great..social r.cedsaVosd 'they .ought to deal with them calmly;and in.a way,notio inflict injury.' ,';,'..: '~:;-,i , J.,!;: ' ',:.'-;,'r.-''l'i J !'-| Earl-."Uanfurly;-. in proposing.tbo toast .0 the guests, said.that-bo was Hot.surprised at tbo offer.of. a• Dreadnoiißht,■■arid,<suro\it canio ' from the heart.'" v Regai-dmg ■ -.ordCrewe's statement, that Now Zealand 'egislation.was being wfttehcdv by the Home - Government, -he would, -point out' that -vhiU was'suitablo'in a new-.'country was; not'suitable in an. old'." ; In proposing tb.o toast of tho guests;- he coupled ;with it the nsnl* of Sir - Robert.'Stout,.: who was■.'■.■".Miho..-har,deßt ■worker 1 he", ; hid ever.seen;.-.: .-;'; ■:,'.,■..,';,. "Sir- Robert- Stout, ■ in" replying, 'Mid jtliat: ho'often' wondered what', constituted a' Now Zealnnder. Ho, was .still largely English! Irish, or Srotch, -but would evolve characteristics. ,' What' was .'the',future New; Zenlander to be? He would be influenced : , by Ithc fact, that'- his 'countrv. was, one of_ mountains: ' Ho would, differ from 'the ■.English-man'as'-the HiKlilander differs from; tho'Lbw--landc-r'.'- Tho, Highlander ,had imaginatioiv, niid so'would hav.o tho.Ncw'Zealandcr,- Ho would bo more- idealistic than the .Englishman/: . They, would -have free education ;m every icale; ■ To: save .democracy' it 'was Necessary to diffuse education., ' They;' saw;, that some of their, journals were better than', any 'English''•journals;-'.more.-judicial, and less partisan. Tho '•reason-'why they had no yellow ; press was tliat tho appeal had to bo mado to an'.educated; ; .people.''"Hero, ( there v/cri restraints, for the ' past was. in the blood ■'of. tho, people.". Tlio., r future,;New Zealander would 'not hitch his' wagon" on .to 'past '.history/ but, in .the words ..of Emerson 'to; a .' star;: ' He: would hot be-' content, with ' past ■ or present, but-havb his' eyeVto the future,' ' looking to build un''the',-'-bes't : raee'-:''the'.world 'liad- over seen: '■- 'Tiiey^'woiild-liot be -content ; to bo degraded-by having iiumb'ers'of peoplo '■ amongst them not knowing, whenco the-iicst | ni'dal -would come.-'■; They'- wanted'-licithfer , millionaire hot pauper; ; '- Tin's' had- beeii - ' *tho j niiri : of the legislators of the ;|)ast.'-!'-HiWt !] ideals,had, led them on. Tho'jmjiulse.df'thd early.pioneers was to niak'o: the race' bettoi; mentally/,morally; and, physically'."'ln-thirty - y'ear.s' time it would be Seen What'tho'Nfw | Zeaiander had : become". ' ''"..'■ ,-','.' '.l':.',: - ( .Mrl.-;'W'.'-P. Rcey'es, i n the. course'of', lj;sr j 'speech,.,said tliat Downing, Street' waS'ii6t"ss ~ :blaclv"aS' painted;' ; ari'd : the;Colonial''.Offico' j] 'Wished'.•tp.'lenrii. 'New Zcalanders wbre'.'Suit'e- ! propared to give the -Empireya',lead'. 4 '; They had inherited the characteristic'of "thinking ' j 'no 'smairb'oer of tboinsclves." _ Coming";here j Vis a democrat,- he'; had .'been critical' towards. - Downing Street, but he' recognised that tbero ■ ;was- ':t v real ;dcsirß. to ' know -,tho aspirations. { I'of tho-'pebplos. overseas) and' regard ij i ! paH-i)Ws in bearing"'.the-burden of Einpire.,,. \ ;a;-mksa'ge poß;The man.whoms-.Toe-' :« ■ f.TUKErjI'WITH-RnEUMATISM OR GpUT.'..'- '■* ' : ■'Every'-year- Rheumatism; Goat;' Sciatica*,• or.' ; 'Lumbago brings .torture to' thousands of..'men.' it :To some it-comes during tho early and more , Ivigorous--years, -with-others, after I .middle lifo- -V has been reached,-or pnssed--bnt in every caso :i: "thetrouble' is:.due to excess.uric acid m;-,the, jv b100d... 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