MORE LIGHT AND LESS LIGHT.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1921, Page 1

MORE LIGHT AND LESS LIGHT.

A NOTE ON THE WISDOM OF IX'ONOM Y. (Contributed by the N.Z. A\ el taro League.) To a great many people the word “economy” has an ugly sound. They think of it solely ns doing without things, a kind of mean way of living, or. shall we say. it kind of genteel star vation. Of course that is an entirely wrong view of economy, whether it h personal, civic, or National. As a simple, matter of fact of you will live, as the Yankees say “with your eyes skinned” you must soon discover that h is not the wasteful people who appear to have plenty and yet really are always in want. Economy rightly understood. consists not in going without things necessary, hut in having right ideas of wh.it things are necessary, and making the best possible use of what we have so as to have more. Wo have been struck with examples of the waste in our communities which often entail needless want. The Civic Leagues. I’ro,'ress Longues and our Wolfuro l.eaouc might well enter into a campaign against needless waste. As a people wv Lave been living in a land of plenty and got careless in regard to our waste ful use of many things that mean, ill total, heavy costs to secure. WATER AND LTGHT.

New Zealand is highly favoured ill these necessities yet. to get wab'.U' and artificial light for our Cities and Towns ires great expenditure. But Oh! how we waste water. Alark yon! waste it— foolishly- extravagantly, tiselesslv. Get the statistics from out’ Oitv Engineers and von will learn tt tale of gross extravagance. Wellington City is probably the worst sinner in thi- direction. ‘'Would you have us go without our washing, our baths and our other services of water?” "ill I “ pleaded. Bv no means, it is the pip" left leaking' tap.- ditto, hose thrown down, with the stream running any-where-in short the waste that servenobody hut costs money, that we want thought- expcnd-vl upon B‘’ing Wellington ho had occasion to visit G o telj,, "the suburbs to wander along some of the roads on lb,- high level-, where there are sufficient street lights to

dee,) shadow- and Mind you M l for a moment, at turnings of the road makes you feel that the'!',’ is need for more lights and not so Far apart. Ho" often on the either hand leave », ■'"'>> the street lights burning away in useless compel il ion wit It t lie light d dqv [III very many o'-ea-inns. in many place" wv are sure that both our Cm poratimis and individual Citizens wa-t' energy which might be utilised w :to '“

there' are no lights and the same are renttired. Our Civie- 1 “agues, and So0, - should get right out against all forms of wasto as they stand for supplving the people’s wauls. THE W \STE HE M WIICOD.

“Whore the gl'e'at City stands” i- for over where the liedtllie's! men women and , 1 1 iIdi,■ 11 are gathered together to !-. sidell 'O. W“ w.'lreimr he:!rt dy t>',' oampaign m' tin* Health Amheeiti - „ill. Commander Dr. Trnhy King. m Hie. ,11'ort t" -ave and uphudJ the •-!> 1 droit ef our Comtnuiiiti 1 -. This t.tak- - for the great l ''. Cities and Country. The -ad picture' faces tov of the «vi" of manhood attendant on the present *1 lekuess of I red,' and business. At

the same time let cs not lie down t" 1 *,,■ 11-, ,, 1 1,! •■. Look at our Cities and you liml works calling to h" carried thr.mgli On jlio other hand there are hundreds ready, willing and nnxioii' to do Die work.' What strange spell ke.-p- them apart the work and the workers? Money! well, the individual (‘ilizens have still a fair amount. llis business ol get tin,' thi 1 work doin' ami employing those now out is not merely the coitvoi n of the unemployed, the Government and the Civci Authorities. It o \iiiirs. ours anil everybody’s eone-ern. Tile waste ed' works slamling idle, am! men with families going w ithout onitilovment and means, alleet- us all. (mt it right it bits you! Thai’s the point. If thousands ran find money for llae .meetings, balls, theatre's, parlies, shows

and they do let us put some into (li,, works needed and push ahead That- is economy. To get tilings doin' Tin to is always time to dispute and wrangle. The present; calls for thinking. economy, and th,' sunt ol getting things done. 11 will get worse ,1 we lie down, what is wanted is go.