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Happiness Lies in Work Most citizens of most countries of the world grumble today about the mass of regulations and laws which annually multiply themselves to their discomfort; but I myself would welcome just one more - just one. And that would be one…

We Set our Course by the Stars It is always a pleasure to attend a meeting of school boards so long as one isn't the chairman. As was once said of Arthur Balfour, one can view events with the detachment of a choirboy at a funeral service. The trouble is,…

The Juncture of the Streams We have gathered this afternoon for a good purpose, which is to ensure the preservation of Te Kooti's last stronghold. When one reads the story of the Mori Wars of last century, one cannot but be struck by the close resemblance…

This is, for my wife and me, a most momentous occasion, for it is the first time that we have been privileged to attend these celebrations - celebrations which mark one of the most significant stages in the long and coloured pageant of English colonial…

Commonwealth Example There are few subjects in the world upon which it is easier to become platitudinous than that of the British Commonwealth. The phrases trip so easily off the tongue - "freedom-loving people," "traditions of justice and fair play," "a…

The Larger Loyalties Sherlock Holmes once said that "the language of Bradshaw was nervous and terse, but limited." Exactly the same remark applies to the speeches of Governors-General. For such a one a speech is an intellectual exercise, akin to the…

The raising and opening of a new War Memorial hall is an occasion upon which we can, for a few minutes, compose ourselves for some quiet and purposeful reflection. The raising of this large sum - 80,000 has already been given by the people of Wanganui,…

First, I must thank you, Mr Prime Minister, on behalf of myself and my family for the warmth of your welcome to us on our arrival in New Zealand. For us, your gracious speech is the culmination of many expressions of good will which reached us from New…

The Proper Function of an Art Gallery and Museum It affords me infinite satisfaction to comply with your request that I perform today this epoch-making function. New Zealand is unquestionably ripe for a great advance in the general cultural progress of…

A House of Commemoration Before responding to the friendly greetings of the Maori tribes here assembled and to the invitation which has been extended to me in such felicitous terms by Mr Tau Henare, M.P., in the name of the Ngapuhi Tribe, to perform the…

E te iwi tena ra koutou. I am deeply impressed and much touched by the loyal and enthusiastically cordial welcome (expressed in speech and gesture, song and dance) which this great assemblage of Natives and Europeans has extended to us both here to-day on…

I cannot but be reminded on visiting this school that it is named after that eminent Apostle of Christianity, Samuel Marsden; that it was founded fifty-five years ago in the year following the establishment in this country by Act of Parliament of free,…

Our nearest neighbours both in Wellington and in Auckland are important scholastic institutions. The propinquity of these two centres of higher education is a constant reminder to me, as the nominal head of your National Executive, that the training of…