The view, founded in part on his observations in the Old Country, which Sir Joseph Ward has expressed regarding the effect of the war in breaking down class differences is one to which frequent expression has been given in various quarters during the war period. As one writer puts it: "The personal equation has not the importance it had and class distinctions have almost gone out of fashion in the swelter of war. Armageddon has made us a democracy in thought, in feeling, and in sympathy, as well as in our institutions. "It is amusing" writes our correspondent, "to notice the cunning shape of those glasses and the thickness of the bottoms. But, after all, it may be an act of kindness, as the less they contain the better for the consumer.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 04, 2017 18:30 UTC