A company director: "What do I think of the Government's defence scheme? I think exactly the same thing about it as I do about the Government,—I would be "run-in" if I expressed my real views. This Government is not concerned about liberty or freedom. If it were it would have introduced conscription long ago."

From a symposium of views on "home defence."

—"Dominion," 27/6/39

"Without question, the grave European situation of last September may be regarded as the outstanding event of the year, and it was with heartfelt gratitude that we heard that an international crisis had been averted," writes Mr. Hen Ellis, Dominion president of the South African War Veterans' Association of New Zealand, in a foreword to "The Veteran," the official publication of the association.

"The general Impression that Great Britain was, at the moment, not prepared for war, and that an insurrection in Germany was expected at any moment, may, or may not, have been responsible for Mr. Neville Chamberlain's desire for a peaceful solution of the problem." he continues. "Whatever the reasons dictating his policy, however, the slogan of the late Lord Roberts, 'Teach the young idea to shoot'—and the motto of Lord Baden-Powell, 'Be Prepared'—will, I venture to' say, be texts which our leaders will preach (and practise) till England is once again sufficiently strong to resume her old role of 'Policeman of the World.'

—"Dominion," 27/5/39

"The atmosphere of 'Cappicade, 1939,' which will be presented by the Victoria University College students in the New Opera House, Wellington, for the first time on Saturday, April 22, will be of cheerful burlesque. The show will again consist principally of two musical comedies with an appropriate introductory spectacle and a burlesque musical interlude, all of which arc described as "combining the glamour of a Marcus show with pungency of Noel Coward and the brilliancy of Gilbert and Sullivan."

Dominion," 15/4/39