The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY., MAY 9, 1914. A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 16, 9 May 1914, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY., MAY 9, 1914. A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK.

It is now definitely stated that a number of farmers who for some years have been settled in Hawaii have determined to pull up their stakes in that island of sunshine and try their fortune in Now Zealand. This decision is the outcome of a report prepared by Mr Gustavo Kretzschmar and Mr W. Tkardlo Boeff, who travelled through the Dominion two or threo months ago, to inquire into prospects of settlement, on behalf of the Hawaiian-Australian Farmers' Association. The report says that a preconceived idea that New Zealand was a vast sheep raising country bad been dispelled by the visit. The report proceeds to state that while there are still largo sheep runs, the main industry is dairying and fruit raiisng. It is certainly in places a little glowing, and ought to induce at least some to turn their eyes towards us. A concluding portion of the report is as follows:—"No matter what you wish to undertake, cattle, sheep or chicken-raising, fruit, vegetables or grain farming, mining or gum-digging, you cannot lose at any of those enterprises. The markets arc eagerly waiting for you. You cannot easily overdo it, as the demand for all these things is ever on the increase. All produce, of the Dominion in fruits, vegetables, cattle and sheep is sold at auction. This gives the farmer a quick return. A country where the Prime Minister is a farmer, and whore tho laws are so suapad as t» halp tka ma* on the soil, is bound to rilt to a great nation."

MILITARY TRAINING.

Speaking at Christchurch a few days ago General Sir lan Hamilton made some plain remarks regarding military training. He said: "1 want yon to question your.own minds and your own intelligence, and judge whether there is not something very good in this military training you ' undergo. In New Zealand here all hoys are compelled to go to school, and are compelled to undergo an educational education, which education is for the purpose of enabling them to do better., it possible, than the other boys. There is the competitive element. Here, we teach you something of the military ideal, and that is not to get the better of your pals, but to stand shoulder to shoulder with them, and try and help them along. If you ever see the chance of gaining honor and glory, and you find another fellow in a better position to carry it off than you are, our ideal is to stand aside and let the other fellow win that glory. That is the military ideal, and I tell you that in all sincerity, fully believing in my own mind that this military ideal is a very good corrective to the competitive spirit of the purely intellectual education."