PUBLIC OPINION. THE COAL PUZZLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1925, Page 3

PUBLIC OPINION.

THE COAL PUZZLE.

Somew here nr other llu-iv is a toll on coal that is helping in si|neiv'e the life out ol an industry which is the life ol all industry. Something happens to coal in its wanderings from the pit bead to the household grate, w! ich increases its. cost by four or five limes. The men who -went blood and crawl oil tle-ir bellii-' to dig and blast the nation’s fuel, and the owners who contribute the capital and the directing. organising brains, cost us anything from As to 17s ltd. tor every ton they bring to the pit head. But somebody or some strange system costs Us irom 37s to tos to perform the apparently simpler, less arduous, and less -I , ecu in l i V-- task ol moving it trout the jiit head to the narlour. \ cry soon tlie nation will want to know the reason why." -Mr 11. (I. Seaward, a publicity expert.

THE YOI XC DEI.IXT,)LENT. ■ I)e!iiiqm-iivy I M-ga-.d as nothing t.ut an outstanding sample dangerous perhaps and extreme, but nolle the less tvpieal —ol common childi'h naughtino's. dii't as the study ol the men tally deficient hn- advanced both our knowledge and our teaching ot the average hoy and girl, [list a- the study of the hysterical lias explained much ib.it was unintelligible in every-day behaviour. so. I am convinced, the psychology of the young criminal. will throw great light upon the daily disciplinary problem' ot the classroom and upon tlie conduct or misconduct ot ibe difficult child. Crime may he rare, but naughtiness is universal. ' And the problems of character-training are. or should be. the concern of all. Hence, throughout these pages the argument i- addressed, not so much as to the lawyer, the psychologist, or the medical man. as to teachers and social workers, and indeed to all who. wheth-

' or its parents, or as enlightened members ot the general public, or as both, tile interested in the moral welfare of young people, and are mlliteneing. by their active or inactive attitude, the progress of educational reform." -Cyril Burt. M.A., D.Ss., Oxon.. in the preface oi " T Ite Young Delinquent." “SEEEEi! LITTLE CHILDREN." ‘■j put tlie matter to myself this way. It has been said that Christianitv is a religion originally intended for the- young, hut that it lias heen taken over, so to speak, and adapted to the needs and temperaments of the elderly, in the pro. ess it has lost something of its original grace, its savour of romance, its spirit of adventure. and .something also of its power. We have heen reminded that Christ Himself was a yt ting man. Hifriends were young, and lie had a pc:, ttliar attraction for the young. Why i- it. v.e are asked, tlia.t the Church of to-day ha- no appeal of anything like the same strength in that direction.' Have we aged our religion?’’ Dr David. Bishop of Liverpool.

REAL EMI’IRE EXITY. "The real bonds of unity rouse t ■Stleli tilings as the Erince nt Wales witnessing a cricket match among the niggers oi Nigeria; of the Canadian ( luh in London listening to nearly -'99.999 words ol speeches, ever year; of British vistors to Montreal being given an honorary degree at McGill Eniversity on their way througYi ; of the British Navy drinking tea and playing tennis in the Bahamas ■ these and a thousand other threads and filaments, a thousand elmnnels through which runs the life blood of a common bring these are what make up the British Empire. And in the era in which we live, tin- bunds, the real bonds, are closer than they ever were, and the union - deliaiil of all plan and theory seems likely, under God's provideti. e. to endure into an iiideliuite lignre." 1 *ioli-ssor Stephen Leacock iu the “.Morning Rest." THE SORE SHUTS IN ( fll7s-V "(Quite apart irom the strikes and attacks on foreigners which eventuate a- the result of Red inlluenee. the dilii-i-iilly to contend within the regeneration ot China lies in breaking no i t.umerou.s military bodies, and to bring the proviuies under one government. which must lie a stable and progressive one. for stability i- a vital factor in the evolutionary stage. Foreign aggression in the matter of land and spheres of inlluenee must cease, the forces ol oi'-lrui't i-iti must he removed, and iinlu-irial development can then prniecd with u result not - i tn-ri-itse in the purchasing power ol the people. I'.'lncat ion i- n great point in Chinn : it exercises remarkable influence on public opinion, and will play no iin-on-sidi-raldc part in tin- reformation of a (•'Minify where there has ever lieen respect tor le.-truing." Colonel Ethcrtnn, Into 11. M. Consul.Gein-ral in Chine.e Turke-t an. El iit lI.Nt \ -NOT EVERYTH IXO. "We do not believe the dismal day will ei er i-i 11 in.' when the mi t ion will lie ■ •omeol to accept On- pr--din tmn of ellh el,-01 Will i. CIS lIS the whole duty ni I Insell,ml.. tail, i.-u.-y alter all, only a part ol tin- i-iptipiin-iit ol man and unman. They may l.e very capable workel-, hut lery had citizens and very unhappy people. Tin- task ill the -ehonl is to -in h I hi-lil how to live as well as how to earn their living, to imparl a faith in eoinradesti ip. a sense ol social csty ol iinn.i. an :11>|■ i i-.-iati.iu ot lieattty and a love nt tin- simple plea.tires n| tile. No otn- who i- l.iniiliar with tli;' work ol a good school will doubt that this ran In- doin'." "Daily Telegraph" London).