"MADE IN NEW ZEALAND."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 54, 29 March 1909, Page 4

"MADE IN NEW ZEALAND."

The Wellington Kvi-nin- Po-t records that il is Iho intention of U„. Industrial Association m co-operate wit]i tin- headmasters ,if 111,. <-itv school- hi an endeavor to imliKT tii,. pupils t„ take a lii'iiltliy. intelligent intercut in ludistrics Week. 1 litii t.i lIHli Mii.y. Tin. paper agrees with .Mr. Poster thai Hi,. <-liililn-n should imt 1,., asked t,, make article, for exhibition, fi.i' tin' syllabus .-ilr,-:iily imposes liii> much strain o ii teacher., and pupils alike; lint iiiiii-Ii good ca-,i In' ilon,' in other mill sensible ways, as Mr. Foster indicated, lie -aid tliiit the children would he given special lesson, during New Zealand Week, iiinl | H . suggested Unit til.' rising generation should have opportunities to inspect 1,,,-ai niannfnetori.'-. To further ..tir the young peopi-.. to -oini' enthusiasm, it has boon urged Hint prizes should lie ullereil for essays covering the displays in tile simps. A member of Hie association re|uiarked I [ml tlie Covorniuont should lie asked to "he pound lor pound towards Hie cost of tile prizes. Imt, says the Post, we would rather kit no prizes offered at all I than have the Covcrnment dra.-ed into Hie niatler. It is something for private enterprise. The (.'overniiien't's part will come in agreeing to grant railwav excursion rate- to enable countrv people to visit the city when the "Xew Zealand hraiid'' is being llourishvil conspiciioiislv. This oil'orl to catch the children aiid convince thorn about the virtues of I heir own country's manufactures should be pushed on energetically. T'he fetish of the iniporlcd article is still blindly worshipped by marly adults, hut there is no reason whv the voiing folk should grow up in that pitiable darkness. We would like, too. to hear that members of tlv association are not, placing too niiicli relia-aci oculars for the success of the exhibition. If the week is to be made memorable, much personal hustle will he required from now onward. The essays of Tavanaki children upon the display,.- during Xew I'lyliuoutli's "Mado-iu-Xow-Zoalaiid" week were of a high order of merit.