| Show RICHARD SEDDON The Th n death of Hon lion Seddon the lile prime prim minister of at New IW Zealand which wa 55 announced an a few fe daya ago ajio removes remove from freni this sphere of ot otlIe lIe otI one on of ot the lb moot moct gifted n ne of 0 e this tola age ar He Its H win was a R made mate man In the th settee ente of ot the Ih word that ht he rose rote from frum the of ot the th people to the tile positions of ot trust net and ltd In Influence fluence Perhaps that wag wa the very ery nr rea reason ye son IOn why he be understood uDd to so well 11 the tb needs need nf of the people and aid devoted him himself himself self 11 to 10 their cause M that thai hi bL focused the attention of BC the older states state of the Ibe world upon lIn the l experiments m Ui advanced democracy democrat of ot the Uie government of New Ne Zealand zal nd A contributor to the Ih Arena summarize summarizes the lie work werk wk of ot Mr lIr Sodden Seddon thus btu I Xo Zo tatem n of ot modern times In Ina Ina Ina a responsible position his has dose done any anything All anything thing like ilk so much for tor the Ute wealth cre Crt creators sIGn 1011 or the Ih masses M u Mr I I the Ih liberal government nf or New ew Zealand land for tor settlement laws have ha been supplemented by th lb the building of homes boat for workers worker W and 1114 the he of them on Ott terms terras to encourage home hom homebuilding homebuildIng building Conciliation or arbitration laws s have abolIshed strikes mikes and lock lork lockout outs out and ani thu thus saved lavel to 10 the workers rs vast sum Mima white while removing from the Ihl people the Ibe hitherto ent men menace sea ace NI which strike and lookouts lockout Involve and the Ibe enormous burden of ot Increased coat Met Incidental to the Ih war measures tt teTI labor abor and capital Factory leg legislation le legislation favorable roble to 10 the Ibl toilers old age ae pensions workers compensation lion employers employer liabilities wAil wier pr and lId provision n for or the 11 higher hiher lion of ot the children of ii I the th o are aro ar only a R few of the Ih tidiest m n i ure uras carried Into IntI I un tin under dir der the liberal government nt nf of NOW New ew Zealand Iud looking toward the happiness security prosperity and nd de dc development of ot the Then the general pro provision n for tor Br marketing the prod u flu of ot labor and the Ihl operation o of ot the railways railway rall and all public utilities In If Inthe the tie Interest of all 11 the people Art at r typical examples of or what Jt hat a twentieth century civilised government wn fin sue euc ot full curry cany forward orrl when lien the wel welfare tare fire of or all III the th III people 1111 I not subordinated to the rapacity and greed greM of at n privileged few fe The Till Ideal which Mr 11 Sodden feddon don sought to te realise was wag this Justice for all the people J and the thEl making of 1 i common commonwealth commonwealth wealth where hr there thai shall be no uninvited tiled poverty on en one hand and aM no M un tin unearned earned oarn fortune on the other We I hope his hi mantle mantl will ill II fall fAil upon tame same one ont capable of or continuing his hili policy for far th good gowl 01 of ot New e Zealand Inn and awl the tha world In general |
