WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Evening Star, Issue 14526, 30 November 1910, Page 1

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Tho electors are not asked to rely upoE the report published. Tlioy have lind be fore them from day to day full records oi the evidence tendered to tho Committee, and we. hazard this opinion : that not a, single individual to-day believes that Mr Hine, when speaking in the House of Representatives, employed other than the language of gross extravagance. His allegations of “ Tammanyism ” .were the wildest possible hyperbole. They broke down hopelessly.—Wellington ‘ Times.’ * * * Pure milk is a. tiling in which no community can afford to economise, and regarding which it can afford to ignore no warnings. That the risk to life is far higher in tho first year than it is at other periods of existence is partly due to indifferent milk, which is a cause of evil that can be almost entirely altolished if the community likes to take the trouble to see it ‘Press.’ * * * Whatever wo may foci in regard to the actions of those members of Parliament who have used their positions to further I heir own interests—and there are not a few on both sides of the House—it is gratifying to find that the .Ministry now in power, and that from which it descended, are in no way open to censure. That the Government can emerge from such a searching inquiry scalhless is a remarkable and pleasing tribute to the healthiness of its administration. —Southland ‘ News.’ * * * If the Prime Minister had been ai? anxious to consult the desires of the public as he professed to bo. he should have recognised the folly of giving way to the Legislative Council on the subject of ihe number of races cn a -Jay's programme. The eighth race on a programme is always a superfluity. . . . But- the. Gaming Bill, as it leaves tho hands of Parliament, is a measure framed wholly in the interests of the racing clubs, and the public ought to have no delusions on the subject.—Christchurch ‘ Star.’ ♦ * • We venture to think that the Moderate parly are as strong in numbers as i ncy arc in logic. In the meantime their voice 'S stifled in tho stress of the Xo-lu-enre conflict, but the time will come when the Moderates will bo listened to with respect.— • .Southland Times.’ If tho Bank of Xew Zealand were acquired by the Government and run as a banking institution n|)on business lines, without political or other outside influence lieing allowed to interfere, it- would be a profitable adjunct to tho State department*. If any peculiar business, however, such 4* the issue of inconvertible notes, were attempted it would result in serious lose and inconvenience to tho country.—‘ Mataura Ensign.’ * * • The bookmaker is loft plenty of private fields to work in—factories, shops, and offices—and it is anticipated that his harvest will continue to be rich. The bookmaker? may not bother about petty peddling, hub the large operators are only a fraction of the " profession.”—Wellington •Post.’ • » • It is to ho hoped that the officers of the law will enforce the new law, and drive the bookmaker off this portion of the earth.— ‘ Tinkling Star.’ • • * On Monday evening (October 17) Mr Lloyd George delivered in tho CStyTemple a jiowcrful address on social waste. jfr Lloyd George's extraordinary command of ihe Tnglish language and the thrilling passion which in him is a form of genius were never more impressively exhibited than in this speech.—‘British Weekly.’ • • • Destitution, or social waste, was the theme of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and ho realised his expressed intention to present Hie problem in a way which, while u may excite criticism and controversy, at least offends no parly prejudice and aims at no party advantage. The speech is marked by sincerity, liy a moderation of tone, which Mr Lloyd George 100 rarely displays, and by a more philosophic handling of grave social questions than we can remember him to have previously achieved. He notes, as all serious men have noted, widespread unrest among the people in all civilised countries, and concludes quilo soundly lint a universal effect tannol be accounted for by any special cause affecting a particular country, lie can hardly be blamed for not going deeply into tk-; question of what if the real cause. -London ‘ 1 hues. ’