PRESS COMMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1927, Page 3

PRESS COMMENTS.

It is depressing to think ol i'lie wealth of knowledge of the Maori people which was lost when Captain Gilbert Mair died, and unless prompt action is taken, other sources ol information will he lost, not only ill this country. Hut also in the islands. It may he said that at present the country cannot afford the expenditure winch would he necessary, but delay means the steady limitation of the fund of information to In' obtained. Kaeli year sees tlie memories of tlie aged Natives become more unreliable, and death close the pages of the past. \Ye owe it to those who shall conic after us not to let the opportunity pass. Action now would gain lor this country "a proud place in the history of science." —" l.vtlclton 'limes.”

During the period of its exisleuie as a British country New Zealand lias maintained a high standard ol comfort. "4*his and its standard of wealth are attributable in the first place to the wisdom and the industry ot the pioneers of settlement. Tn-dav we are perhaps inclined to spend too lively and to lie careless of the accuniuhiLion of wealth. The fact that standards in this country are high should impress upon us the importance ol maintaining them by means ot reasonable cconnu y and rare. \Yc are living in an age in which competition is increasing, and in order to meet it we may require reserves upon which we call draw. ( hronirle.”

The huge airships commissioned for t he Croydon-I.yons-Alalta-Cairo-ivaradii route have begun their first flight, and in three weeks it is hoped they will be regularly carrying mails and passengers. They constitute the advance gttaid ot a service whiili eventually wiil eaiTv oil as Inr as Australia and New Zealand, provided the Governments ol llie Dominions do what is expected of them. The complete, scheme is too vast ami costly to lie undertaken singlehanded by one British country; all must co-operate lo obtain its benefits. It is to be booed that the Dominions will take it j > the task with the enthusiasm and enterprise which clintnctcrises the Air Service ot tlie .Mother Country.—AVangnuui “Chronicle.

There is a strong rust* lor national control niul national fi mincing of tuberculosis sanatoria. T lie disease is a common enemy to tlie nation, and should Ik* met as a threatened military invasion should he met—with an armv of experts, and with unity ot command.—Christchurch “ .Sun.”