WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Evening Star, Issue 14525, 29 November 1910, Page 1

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

11 is absolutely impossible for ship • owners who employ white crews and pav decent wages to compete against vessek " manned by Asiatics or othpr aliens, win ~ are seemingly content to exist tinder condic tions absolutely repellent to ordinary 0 civilised mortals, and who work for a fraction of what a white man considers a - "living wage." Wv Joseph Ward is to be warmly commended for the Gtarid he has taken in defence of the rights and requirements of liritiVh seamen. —' Wauganui Herald.' 11 The virus which is now r-sed in vaccinations permits of no transmission of disease I:<m one child to another. It is gnaran- [_ tied absolutely pure. There can therefore 1 be no longer a prejudice, on this score, e The position is «i very seriout that the 0 Legislature should insint upon the rigid enforcement of the J..w. If the Act is allowed to rem.iin a. dead letter, as in the past. Parliament will be morally culpable in the event of a calamity.—'Wairarapa * * * r Th" Second l!n!!<il provides full oppor--1 tunily for the democracy to express its t preference regarding the principles and '' y.r-vs<,iv,\!it\- of the candidates. With a multiplicity of candidates seeking (o represent, sectional and clique interests, it •« difficult for the electors to concentrate theiv voles at Ihe first ballot, but. when they have a second choice between two men only they are able to give direct expression to their choice.—Christchurch 'Spectator.' The resolve of the Government to utilise our natural sources of energy opens up vast possibilities, and Ihe chances are that in .i few years from now the )>eople of the Dominion will be marvelling why they di! not embark upon this venture earlier. — j N'apier ' Telegraph.' 1 Wo may point out in passing io Ibe advocates of an Independent Labor party heie that New Zealand's Liberal Government. ; long since gave this country the boon of freedom from Oriental competition tint Australian seamen have long desired in vain.—Auckland ' Star.' * * * We can only reaffirm our conviction that 'hi present Land Laws as a whole arc . decadent, (to use a very mild and polite wcrd. synonymous with a more forcible expression), and until they are simplified I and made :aore equitable it is useless 1-; ' look for much improvement in the position. —Hokianga 'Times.' * * # Certain grave public nnllens have been pigeonholed or delivered quickly into th« W.P.B. bv responsible officials, and the knowledge* of this has brought about ihe deputation curse. It is on the departmental head that the genesis of this evil lies.— llotorua ' 'Times.' » • # The proposal in New Zealand's remits, for the Imperial Conference that High tViminissioncrs sluill be placed in contact with the Foreign Minister is open to serious objection. If High Commissioners are to have their functions extended, they certainly should not have the sphere extended into any other quarter of the British Government than the Colonial Office. This proposal will doubtless set people conning a.s to who the next Commissioner will be If rho extended powers are given, wjb the office prove attractive enough to induce Sir Joseph Ward to accept the post? Sir William Hall-Jones's term expires next June, and as Parliament will not meet before that time, it may not be out of place for someone to ask whether he will bo reappointed. We have no reason to suppose- at all that the All-Red roule subject is likely to be taken up with greater enthusiasm to-day than when approved three years ago and quickly shelved. —The •Dominion.'