WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

Evening Star, Issue 12819, 9 December 1907, Page 1

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

j * THE QUEENSLAND CRISIS, j. To us, at this distance, it seems that ’ I the Governor permitted himself to be used s 'U a minority in Parliament in order to . j give it another appeal to the electors—an s j appeal by which it has much to gain and j nothing to lose. Lord Chelmsford has incif dentally raised again the constitutional , * question whether an elected Chamber ought ■ to be dissolved without its own consent, and over all is the perfectly obvious fact I that, throughout the crisis he has betrayed j a decidedly party bias.—' Lyttelton Times.’ » _ THE LABOR QUESTION. Every day a tradesman or artisan drops out of the “ workers’ ” ranks and becomes an employer. It is foolish to perpetuate the notion that there is a defined un- . changeable class of landlords and profittakers. This country knows better, and t he best friend to the “ workers ” after all is the democratic freedom that gives them the best chance to rise. Wc must take care that restrictive legislation does not rob “ workers ” of their industrial birthright, the- small man’s opportunity to start j for himself and thrive.—Wellington‘Post.’ COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING. 1 Onr present laissez fai.ro policy will '' surely land us in trouble eventually if per- ! listed in. Fortunately, the Council of Defence has recognised tie position, and having given ‘the old. and faulty volixnl/Gc-r system another year’s trial, Ls prepared to adopt a scheme somewhat on tho lines of that which is proving so satisfactory in , owilzerland.—‘ Gisborne Times.’ FROZEN MEAT, j It would-be a great help to the proj | duee.rs of New Zealand if largo cool stores : at the London docks wore owned and m:m- . aged by the Government or by a combinaiaon of the freezing companies. Such a . scheme might be difficult of realisation, but the benefit would probably bo worth the outlay.—‘Taranaki Herald.’ DOMESTIC SERVICE. I . I' l connection with the arrival at Welj . hngton of the lonic with 687 passengers 1 01, Now Zealand, most interest will attach | to tho attempt which has been made to ' i solve the domestic servant problem. Hie I lo 'iic brings twenty-eight girls, who have [ i been officially sent out in charge of Miss Golding, who is acting for the Girls’ I riendly Society of London. have been through such a period of acute vexation of late years that even if the supply should ultimately reach somewhere near tho demand they are not likely to rei vert to the system of comparative domestic ■ slavery of which the gills have complained. , j ■ —Christchurch ‘Star.’ ■ j < : THE GAMING ACT. The Attorney-General is setting his face • against tho very spirit of justice, as well ns of when he seeks to coerce racing . clubs to interpret n.n Act of Parliament according to the biased views he holds on the subject.—‘Wairarapa Age.’ , UNION CO. AND WELLINGTON. As things appear at present, there can r he no doubt that the advantages of inr ducing the Union Company to make its headquarters in Port Nicholson far out- ’ weigh any disabilities that might arise , from the slip being in a private company’s i hands, and the Harbor Board will be , sadly lacking in its duty if it places unt necessary obstacles in the way of the > Union Company’s project to establish its “ repairing yards at Evans Bay. By helps ing the company to remove its head--1 quarters to Wellington it does not in any - degree surrender its powers in the wav f of preventing monopolies and protecting . the small shipowners.—Wellington ‘ Times! 1 WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE. Colonial life gives women a greater measure of freedom than they enjoy in the

Mother Country, where Mrs Grundy etiH frowns on activities which wo regard as entirely praiseworthy. The suffrage movement in Great Britain is still little more, than a subject for jeer's and jests, but, it is gathering strength. The opposition of the Conservative politicians is a case of Mrs Partington and her mop against the Atlantic Ocean again, and Sydney Smith’s famous story might be applied to the, franchise agitation ns aptly as to the Reform Bill.—‘Lyttelton Times.’