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“The control of reports and literature of demoralising, topdancy,” was this subjees of an important confernos. „hold.
the Guildhall. Editor, bearland, publishers, and newa-agents were all res presented, and there was also pressad ja | representative of the Home Oßen.
Bishop Boyd Carpenter, who prosided, obworved that he understood that the Government had received very favour, ably suggestions concerning legislation on the subject under "discussion, and if he was not mistaken a Governmeni memaZITA was already in preparation, which would have the effect, he supposed, of produc ing greater stringency in the law regard- ing publications. which might be locked upon objectionable. They did not want to reudve so stringent the condi- tions, of life as, to press over bardly or Loversseverely upon the general taste of the public. Nothing, he thought, would ba more disastrous than that a fooling should get abroad that there was a sinali boteric of people watching overjealously on behalf of what were supposed to be the morals of the people. In the long rue was public opinion which would settle questions of this kind. They must remember that they were caly topching the disorder pochops in a mie- taken manner, unless at the same time they tried in every possible way to pro- mote such lofty standards of personal and public bio as would prevent the circulation of questionable literature and advertisements.
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Dr. Russell Wakefield, the Bishop of Birmingham, and it was no good dealing with literatura unless they paid catten- licu also to the stage. He pointed out. that there wero many publications which got into the hands of people spart. from
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Ho did not himself suggest for a moment that if they could get every publie library in the country to accept their chaman es consor of what should be, there that they had got to the end of the question. It was lose the actual matter attained in some books than the suggestion and the method which led to an immoral tendency.
They old discuss in a book the most intiraate matters, if they did it in the right way, but they could discuss plno the most moral thing they could think cf, and if they did it in the wrong way
it could have an immoral tendercy. He
· preferrod' Rabelais to Boccaccio-that was his point of view in the matter. The warst books, the books that: did most harm, were the books that suggested and not books that dealt dieser with some
very difficult quoition of morals. The whole question he believed to be one. not at those who desired what wise not good for them, bat is was the indiffer- ence of publie opinion to all thess social and moral questions. They had got to get through the press, and, if he might say so, through the parson also, a really educated public opinion, and then, be thought, a great many of their dißculties would be scred.`.
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THE P. AND O. CHAIRMAN.
The Times Financial Supplement recently contains a curious series of state ments about Sir Thomas Sutherland, the chairman of the F. and 0 Company. Among other things, it says that under
RUBBER KIYALRY.
The latest accusatica: brought against the Malay rabbet plan:stions is contain cd in a vicious little paragraph which Truth culls from the West Coast Leader of Pory. Here is
It was perfectly legitimate to ders lop great rubber plantations in the Malay-States in competition with the Amazon product, to messure quality against quality and cost of production
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against cost of production in the rib STEAK RAISING, FORDING, STEEL MAKING, SHIPS" BUNKRAR ber markets of the world, but it was scarcely legitimate to set aside from the vast treasure that was invested in Malayan rubber during the boom" daya's certain percentage which went towards the manufacture of that ola- borate repainted Jack-in-the-bar," the Putumayo fair.
The West Coast Leader Lia written
Mr. A. G. GarBaer declared that an I-Atabosised Ospital £6,000,000
enormous amount of good might be done Charter granted by the late King, the Subscribed Capital £4,000,000
in schools-much more than was done at position at managing director of e Paid-up Capital ...................................£2, 137, 500
presentasin order to instil into the minds.
Company is centered-upa Sir-Tacames 11-Fire Fund......... 8,834, 10-Ife & Annuity Funds....... 15,136,180
of children tho taste for puro literature Sutherland for fife. If that is the case, Binking Fund 1000¤¤**
88,579 and good literature. He looked to ska
we think this gröer steamship company school, even more quan to the press fuds itself in a position in which it ought. Ex2,661, the pulpit, for improvement in that direc- never to have been placed. We wish to Revenue Fire Branch...... 1,587.18 tion. Speaking of certain papers, which speak ci Sir Thomas Sutherland with all
Life and Anniby
published reports of unsavoury cases, Mr. possible respect. He has been in his day Branches...am}
1,973,289
Gardiner said the publication of the a great Imperial asset. The Enancial Ravenue Marine Department... 282,899 Other Recalper ...
garbage of the street by a few popom strength of the P. and O. Company to-day 490,199
was to make it more difficult for other is largely the result of his foresight and £3,233,51 papers which desired to keep a certain economy. But he is now seventy-nine
standard to retain that standard. Le years of age. He has not made a vog- | ***Ane Anonmulative Fands of the various
believed the standard of the press in the early seventie. His vitality and in English, remarks Truth." and was not making a general charge, for Laage over his own steamship route since regard to publication of reports was ex-mergy remain extraordinary, but the apparently for English readers, but how tremely high.
unquestioned domination he has exerted any Englishman could write or print for so insay years, coupled with personal auch incredible rubbish is beyond me. reasons, tas made him extremely us. Of course, one knows that the Peruvian responsive to the views of others and press is largely venal. One knows too to modern demands for progress. The that in Peru a charge of corruption com bitter hatred with which the Com veya no particular stigma unless on the pany is regarded throughout the East man who sells himself too cheaply. But Mr. G. A. Aitken, representing the is largely the fault of Sir Thomas Suther one would have expected any person who Home Office remarked that very little land's autocratic, and often unprogressive had sufficient knowledge of English ite could be done by legislation. He did control in past gears. He is a man of and English ways to be aware that even not see how a bill of a criminal character great and admirable shievements who the whole of the money invested in Footwear books of a demoralising tandone Pall Mall Gazette
could deal with so wide a question as has held uncontrolled power too long. Malayan rubber would not have sufised.
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Mr. Robert Donald observed that, al- though the policy of some newspapers in ignoring questionable, books, might damage for a while the author's repata tion, it also might increase the sales the book.
Mr. Spender urged that the MADR purvoyce of noxious literature, should be
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dealt with, not Siterature itself.” As" to foreign classics, great literature wan:ita own satiseptic: if they could get people to read grast olsagio literature, they would find it is own corrective.
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ORIGIN OF THE CHINESE,
A theory as to the origin of the Chi nese was suggested by Mr. P. 8. P Bandcock, who delivered the third of his course of lectures at the British Museum on 8th November,
to buy the cotize English press, to say
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