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Maoriland Worker, Volume I, Issue 7, 20 March 1911, Page 11

takes advantag eof such folly ,to publish the same under the heading, New Zealand on the Downgrade. "New Zealand is a beautiful country; it has, in these jjarra., a mild and genial climate. But apart from its natural advantages it possesses l'ttle to attract the strenuous and gifted of the Motherland. It is remote from the great and energising centres of the world. It has not yet emerged from the Lilliputian stage. It can offer no prizes big enough to entice captains of industry or the aristocracy of intellect. Reputations are not made in New Zealand. It is not surprising, therefore, that it is becoming more and more difficult to induce men or first-rate capacity—in Avhatever avocation in life —to come out to positions in New Zealand. —"Auckland Weekly News." Decay of Fox-Hunting. As your readers will readily see, this talk of "men of first-rate capacity" merely means men like Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Morgan, Harrison, etc. ; "for which relief much thanks," all trxie patriots will say. The same English paper has been shedding tears over the decay of fox-hunting owing to the increase of small holdings! The writer does not understand that, whenever and wherever a rich man wishes to enjoy his riches, he must hand them over to the 'Svorking classes," the only people who produce the articles of luxury that he demands. E. D. CECIL.