THE GOVERNOR ON THRIFT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1187, 24 July 1911, Page 4

THE GOVERNOR ON THRIFT.

PRAISE FOB NEW ZEAUND WORKERS, IBy TalcErt'DU.-SDccial Correspondent.) Auckland, July 23. His Excellency the Governor had wni« interesting remarks to make on thrift at (ho opening of the new, promises of.the Auckland havings liank on Saturday. "On all occasions.like this the great virtue of thrift must necessarily bceomo the dominant theme of every speuker," .said his Excellency. "It is n<jt a very cusy subject (o speuU ujwn, or to say at any rate anything original nlxmt, because 1 ic is a subject that has Ixt'ii mere spoken about than any uther. 'i'liis at least may be said about it with truih, thut it is tar easier to preach the virtue of thrift thun it is to practise that virtue. (Laughter and applause.) To,practise it successfully requites calling to your aid many important human qualities. It requires good management' and careful foresight. It requires also, especially to those in (he industrial profession and dependent on wases and salaries, selfdenial and self-sacrifice'in varying degree', and the exercise of this last quality in the attainment of thrift becomes more essential with the growing ndvanco of modern civilisation. The opportunities for amusement ,niid recreation continue to increase, hnd-'with the. opportunity comes naturally the growth of inclination. The, opportunities, I may say the temptations, to spend nro to numerous, frequent, and attractivo that nn unchecked indulgence, in them, if only for a short space of time, would effectually extinguish the margin of income from which the, .Savings Bank deposits can alone, be driwn. The number and variety of depositors indicate beyond doubt that such self-denial, such limitation of indulgence has been effectually excrctad here, and it is all the more to the, credit of tho industrial classes that it has been so. (Applause.) The. very nature of their work", laborious in some cases, monotonous in others, would lend itself to seizing thoso contrasts of pleasure and. pastime which, if over-indulged, would have diverted the Savings Bank deposits from their proper destination.