THE CHANGING SCENE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE

,' A BIRD'S EYE VIEW. ! • ' '(By MCK.). ' ( A ( Chnstohuich citizen has been k suggesting ( that Canterbury Bhould r coJobrate its diamond jubilee, by holding a pageant, His fancy rue to representations of tho landing at Lyttelton, [ \ campmg; out of the first arnyals,, tho crossing of the Sumner bar, tho ascent of tho J v Avon, r the opening of the tunnel, and so' on t \ iThc author of this greatly fears, > howo\er, that it is premature Jt is. But in v , £009 o'ur descendants will hold a pageant, and t it-is\not very difficult to suggest o lew things that they tbight include m their programme. l'6r instance, tho first scene might Represent the track" worn in the dark blno ocean by the jl steamers that carried homo the Prime Minist tcr in search of loans If tho discarded trnm- * cars and railway engines aro carefully kept, it [" would be possiblo'to reconstruct, at smdll exi pense, tho Dreadnought offered by tho Goyorn- , trtnt. A realisbo representation would bo r givon of (ho nahon anxiously awaiting Sir 5 a Joseph Ward's arrival with tho cash, a second ' scene showing; Sir Joseph disembarking from ; the' Challenger and holding up a sovereign as a' sample amidst the cheers iaf ''the crowd > "bailing tho Hag to the Mast" would be an f easily-reproduced incidont, apd it would of > i ; course bo accompanied by another scene roprteonting "The Striking of tho Tlog" Comv 'ing to later times, there w>i\ bo splendid dra't raatio material in the entrance into the Civo [ Service of the last ma)e adult of tho populaA 6enes of tableaux/of a symbolic, cfiari acter would roprosent pawning of tho country. 1 ' And so on We have nearly > enough history already to furnish material for > ' a very interesting display this afternoon But I the people who manage those Dominion Day { , celebrations ha\o no imagination \ "How the Junior,. Golf Championship was Won" is not tho title of a sporting poem It i < is the heading of a the editor from a I Hawera clergyman, in tho course of which tho r • following sentence occurs —"Anyono can seo * how obviously unfair this is to tho Christian , golfers" The revorend gentleman"ls evidently t not a golf-player Christian golfers' A mero f phantom of the brain, like honest politicians or wideawake policemen. "Nobody has yet sung (S ~, of jthat country m which the golfers aro I Tet there is such a country f Its a far ideal country that the sun has never I l sn'one upon: a ' j -A land that only ohildren and the dreamy 1 , poets know, i , Tor they've found it In the Journeylngs their , Boaring'soulshavo Bono. Upon— t Beyond the scope oi Peary, Oook, an4,Bhacklcton and Go f' It is absent from tho atlases and maps of all i i ' humanity I land where golf goes hand in hand with i- perfect Christianity, I Where shattered decks and foozled drives take i s place without profinity— '

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«§%:'!>>"'^he'--little; between. Messrs. !s''.>' <'•'■«'M a^oyi ''a.nd {/Mackenzie i as :;tb;; thei r.- knbw<s■s%;>'.] V-Icdgb; of.-.farming, for. ,;■;■:•.'political.'.controversy;', ,llr'.^Ha'ssey.-;'''declares' !-:;';ftHatiMr." ; .Mackenzievdoes;not:'How, tn'e'differ;;a {..Suffolk i V.'if '.'."',•;.;.'Punch,:.'and. Mr/ . 0} :; that>'Mry' : Massoy! could nbt, : tell' | ! ::-.;{§ L .V'' &'"teg' from ; .a rinoy iback. : ', If 'our only. : follpwjthi9'/exceilent...example;: the. • \<ssffj*t p^ablic'.wouid..have" ari" opportunity':o{: knowing $i : )< : <:"':, exactly;how* much'or how,little,Ministers know $Kgf ; ;,' : ; ; -Pf ; ,their. Dusitess..'.; Faced .with .the cnar'gd.: that. Ef^'^^e^bes'not^khowVhow^to.run 1 the 'railways, fi',y,.' : ;.,,'Mr.'Millar;.Would silence;his.criticsiby.'asking' vthem :tb-Jtell him.;qn;the7spot ; .the;difference' kiv'::.v;-;'':''btween a'fishplate'.and'aJslidß .valvbij '■[Or' Mr. f-.,:''.;';i" .-Biiddo.'badgored over hisiadministration'of tho> |';:'v,V; : ''Public {Health" Department,::woul(l 'bo ;dolign'te(T' ki !l :; { S^';t°.it a yo,^t!i e of 'showing ,tho: public &'■■^?'^ ; thai;;ob',reklly;,:dpes'{ about, < %&■?;}>?*': °tber',things;than;':the'statci pf;tho ; onioncrop.' >;,.?:-? ;■ ..How;;Mri James 'Allen-.wpuld-wiltvand'wither *h en ; :i fo' Buddp,'clmllenge'd,:,him,.to tell tHb liiijiMr'i difference ibbtween- a phngocyto':and : a {fistula. J.-JiX-y',: {-Then; thers.is Mr.iFowlds.-^lt would : be a boon f^ls^V' ftmla Wessiiig. to, him if'somebedy: would only; &■•%/.-'; ;; Kive/hiravan {.opening, r 'is vActing-Minister' for " (>!-i.';AJ* •■.:'.Defence,.:to 'show- that he knows- the,difference pf^• ;;'•/between' aV-vernier;and,a volunteer.. Dr' Tind- |-:' ■■■-■ -;■;. lay/m'ust be'.simply'longirig to'write a pariipMet (-.-'{- : !,•:'•■!,' ■■"■"Wilysing 'the, fundamental, .difference.-between' , j;;:;. :■/: a.'bandcuff .arid'a :h'ard-cas'e. '■': We' might ; ovon i .;.';.:.:. hav6i;Earliament-,becbme..a':sort;pf;-conundrum- ; ''^v'AX' i /-',t^». : .Bt'fwhick,.thi;.:QbTe.riurient arid the: Oppo- ' ::.%./.-. s ition-,would.'.alteniately;-put .posers to each ■c .-,:.-'. my,part,"-never. woTd of mino will ': ;•;{:•::;;,.;'-.assail: Mr/-Mackenzie until; I-'discover what a ;',-,' «{;!,Vriney-back{ ; may.ibe.;;; ; ln;the;meantime, {thero :■■ :;*;i ; {.IslipneVlittleQuestion th'at'-Mr. Massey-might b',■'s■■:*.:] nMc theVGoTernmerit ;.Receiit incidents suggest V'-. :^'.";-..'v'.!tWi'thV;Goyernment' i '.win'.find it: a .poser. It 'i -v'.'•.-":.l3;;this: vWhat -is.-.tbe .difference -between the v : 7 J-":,?freehold..and, tho; leasehold? :Oi. courso, Dr k■■': -.Fiitdlay,:may bowl out; Mr; Massey ■;by asking !.v;:;;;; : .^v':-tS'e.'' : fathon8,;rlddle:\ : strikeff' '■'.