Newspaper Motions

Free Lance, Volume I, Issue 36, 9 March 1901, Page 6

Newspaper Motions

THK following incident look place at the rail\\a\ station on Satind«n - An important person, wealing an e\e-glass, went up to a portei, accosting linn thus 'Haw pawta. when will those Tndian niggahs aw no"" The poitei. with an extreme an of politeness replied, "Sir, tliev aie Butish Mibjects lam astonisliod at you ' The dude colUpsed — Woodville "I'Xannnor " • « • Jt women aie capable of \oting for candidateb ior municipal bodies and the Paihament ot the count iv, suicly it cannot l)e aigued that they are incapable of eMM using an intelligent \oice in the management of the parochial affans of a churcli —Auckland "ObseivWe talk nun !i about government for the people, but we will novel have it completely till 'the government of the colony is tempered by a largo and moie liberal development of local government "- Auckland "Herald." • * In the matter of sheer, besotted, o\erma»storing drunkenness, we (Scotland) st md without rnals in shameful isolation. — Dundee ' Advertiser." ♦ • • A daily paper is to bo established at Waihi An Auckland publishing firm is mteiesting itself in the matter, and the pielimmarv arrangements have been completed The district has progressed rapidly of late and theie should now be room for a dailv at Waihi. The paper lias been placed under efficient editorial management. — Thames "Advertiser." # * • We understand that Dr. Gibbs, acting under the advice of Ins solicitors has entered a discontinuance in the libel cases Against Mr. Graham, M H R., and the proprietors of the "Colonist" newspaper — Nelson "Mail." • • • Touching refeicnce to the death of the Queen hung out of a diaper's shop in Launceston "This establishment will be closed all day in 'honour' of the death of Her Ma]esty the Queen."— Hobart "Clipper." * * » The national debt pel head ol population in New Zealand at the present time is £b3 '2s 2d In 1889 it was £(V2 17s lOd It will thus bo seen that the debt per head has only increased bv 4s id during the pa,st eleven years Mastorton "Star." Matrimony — Two Returned Troopers, with means, wish to meet two joung Ladies view to above. Soldier, ' Herald " Got to advertise for them now and tliev were hanging on by dozens when they left. Oh, how this country i" cooling down' — Sydney "Bulletin " » • • A long veldt want — The captuie of Do Wet. -Adelaide "Quiz." ♦ • • The nish foi places in the Se\euth Contingent is a most lemaikable pi oof of the sustained determination of oui people to ' see the war through." If the- Boeis could have seen our Prillshod last night, the\ must have realised the utter hopelessness of trying to tire the Kmpire out. Whatever the time and whatevci the cost, fresh drafts will match to wai until the right prevails Auckland Hoi aid." X -X iNew Zealand is 11 hours ahead of London time, and Wellington, taking it as a centre, was the second place in the woi ld to u.sher in 1901 Fiji being the hist — London "People's Journal." * * • As an instance of the height which human folly can attain when it gets a fair opportunity, it may be mentioned that at Wirth's circus in Wellington (N.Z.) a barber and a publican accompanied the keeper into the tigers' cage, where the hotelkeeper was shaved while the attendant kept the animals oil Tf the Wellington (|iiadrupods had onl\ iemoved a fan poilion of harbor and bnne it is possible that the community would get over the affair without any violent grief.— Sydney "Mail." • • • A new and special silver currency to commemorate the new King, the new century, and the new Commonwealth ■n ould come nat iust now The revenues from our silver currency at present flow to the London mint, and it is time that the st i earns weie turned to a Uew channel.- Adelaide "Critic."

The ghost" scaio has 1 cached Masterton. Last night a young lady, who had been reading of the pranks of his ghostship in Wellington, saw something white emerging from the lower Park gates She screamed, as women will do, and an investigation revealed the fact that the "ghost" was none othoi than a real, live white cow .- -Mastcrton Star." • • • Militarism has of late been extremely popular amongst us The Go\ernment displays a slight tendency to overdo it, and Field-Marshal Seddon and General Ward are to be found now-a-days more often in Camp than in Council. — Masterton "Times." • • • A Wellington magistrate has. gne\oush erred on the side of leniency. A bi ute a frightpner of women — one who dressed himself in a white sheet, was taken red-handed in his offence, and was cautioned not to do it again. It is time that this milk and water justice should be done away with. A man like that wants not a month or three months' imprisonment, but a flogging. — Ellesmcro "Guardian." • * Bv joining the federation New Zealand would certainly give up the light of continuing to condemn the farming community to content themsches with a donkey cart or a wheelbarrow a& a means ot piogiession in order that the protected town mechanic may enjoy the luxury of a padded carriage and plenty of leisure time to use it. — Hamilton "Argus." # Chnstchurch "Truth" states that copies of last year's statutes have been posted to the address of Justices of the Peace who aie long dead. Query, what was the address o—Buller0 — Buller "Post." • • • Rumours are current of something like a deliberate swindle having been perpetrated b\ some outside person in connection with a dredging area in the Buller district. Alleged that a considerable sum of money was raised from investors resident in Otago on the strength of forged reports. On the ground being prospected it was found valueless. — Westport "Star." • ♦ • It will be only the natural result of the S.M.s leniency in the Wellington ' Ghost" case if substantial rough and ready punishment is inflicted upon the perpetrators of what is beyond a joke. — Palmerston "Standard." • • • It is persistently rumoured that a gentleman who has been closely connected with sporting has disappeared from the Umpire Cit> , taking a large sum of money which cannot be classed as honest earnings The affair is being hushed up, though we fail to see the reason why. — Otaki "Mail." • • * There is a growing feeling that the jury system, lock, stock, and barrel, so to speak, has outlived its usefulness. Whether that is so or not, there can be no doubt that the common jury in its w lsdom occasionally perpetrates some peculiar freaks. — Wanganui "Chronicle." • • • It was very wiong of Colonel PoloPenton to forget that Mr. Seddon was boss. He is boss not only in Palmerston, but also everywhere in the colony. He is the greatest and the cleverest boss on earth, with one exception. Boss Croker is a greater and an abler boss, and iulcs two millions of people in New York Mr Seddon is only boss over half a million or thereabouts. — Carterton ' Observer." • • * For the future step-dancing will not be allowed as a sacied number at Sunday concerts in Palmerston. — Feilding ■ Star." • • • Tt is ewdent that divoice pioceedings aic on the increase. This fact, coupled with a declining birth-rate, shows anything but a satisfactory moral state. - Coromandel "News." • * * The Imperial tioops saw two wouduis while in New Zealand- the Hot Lakes and Mr. Seddon — Manaia "Witness." • • • Why should Catholics to-day be singled out for opprobrium because James 11. in the Seventeenth Century misused his powers to force Britain to return to the ancient faith ? — Hunterville "Express " • » * If the cables are coriect, it seems almost a foregone conclusion that the wai will be ovei betoie lheSe\enth Contingent fould rcacli South Ah it a, and, that briii«; so, the Government have no light to commit the colony to furthei expense. — Patoa "Press." • * * 'Salting" has come to be legaided as an old-fashioned method of mining swindling that too openly invites the intervention of the law, and leaves too many proofs of guilt behind, and has, accordingly, had to gi\e wax to safer and much moie eflective methods. — Tuupeka "Times."

The higher the price on the open markets for pork, ham, or bacon, the more tor the pockets of our breeders. Yet in the vast industry of sheepfarmmg, the companies use every effort to screw do\A n to the lowest possible figure the man w ho has sheep of any kind for sale. -Carterton "Leader." • • • Our dear old hide-bound contempoiary, the Woodville "Examiner," is again reaching out atter trouble. — Pahiatua "Herald."