THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24227, 20 February 1940, Page 7

THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Mr J. McEwan gave a centennial address entitled “Advance, New Zealand” at the TheosophicaL Society on Sunday, and Mr J. K, Hartley arranged a suitable programme of music, with Miss Dorothy Walker,, of Invercargill, as the soloist. Mr McEwan said that every country had its own contribution to make to mankind in general. New Zealand was rather young to state definitely our dominant characteristic. but the foundations had been truly and well built. The earliest stock were of the religious type, who had not found enough scope in the Old 1 Country for self-expression; then came the artisans and free thinkers of the gold-rush period: next, the trade unionism spirit—all were carefullyselected immigrants for the building of a new type, of people. One theosophical leader thought New Zealand would be a land of culture rather than strength, but the speaker thought the,, country would, in the course of years.' be to the southern hemisphere what Great Britain was to thj? northern hemisphere—the nucleus of right government. The, late Mr J. B. McEwan. of the Public Library, had said that so many foreign students had come to Dunedin seeking information regarding the municipalisation of gas and water works that he called Dunedin “the happy hunting ground." The influence of the Maori along lines of culture and mystic thought, together with their wonderful physique, would also have an important part in -the moulding of future races of our peoples, which, combined with cooperation and) intuition, would establish the sixth sub-race. ,