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Hokitika Guardian, 23 April 1928, Page 1

Over ninety <*:>sli prizes. No entrance foe for tlio great Haven Tea competition. Yon must win il you keep collecting. Particulars in eacli packet of Raven Tea.—-Arlvt.

THE PROBLEMS OF TORYISM. The Tories in the past have modified their creeds and their policy, hut never in haste, and always obediently to a faith in what they deemed continuin'. When they fought the American rebels, and lost a vast colony, they fought the American rebe s because tlicv believed, indeed they knew, that mere justice demanded that the North American colonies should taU their share in paying for the North American War. 1" the contest witl Napoleon, which grew out ot the Ame Lean rebellion, the Tories proved that thev were ready to follow a gerat man anvwhere, a trait which is »> with their instinctive chnraetei. 1 ■ in the past we may watch them t,-Us - ing to their crops, and supporting a! wavs with what zeal they might the interests of agriculture. As long n> thev could, they fought Cobden ant Hright. who did not care how soon they lor,ls iiml formers, s" " 1 - could look upon the lives and comfort 0 f the women and children, who con tinned to work in the factories, as the material of English industry. To-day Toryism is faced with other problems How shall it survive m a world of sordid ideals and dying traditions ? How shall It preserve its constant loyalty or the continuity of a pleasant life.- “ Blackwood’s Magazine.”