WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Evening Star, Issue 14496, 22 February 1911, Page 6

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

There can In' no pos-nbie advantage in concentral nig the holiday iiallie into a period of three or four weeks when it might he dietrihated over the whole year without lorn of revenue and with a good deal le.-> inconvenience to both ihe travellers and ihe ollh-ials. Of course, it is in recogjiiiMin of ihio fact that the Minister has iilinomicul Ins intention to reduce the longdistance fnms, aud we trust that when he has returned to the old scale we shall hear no more of high charges as a moans of expanding the levenue. Thin policy has hern condemned By every independent railway expert in ihe world.—‘Lyttelton 'limes.’ ■fc -itAmong the forces that work for the uplifting of men, and thus give material aid in purifying civic, social, and national life, Methodism takes a prominent place, dhe ('•lunch is fill! of vigor ami hoi e. Them is development all round in matters that, can Be tabulated, and promise of still greater progress. She is obviously not facing the future with thoughtless optimism. But rather with the roiifi'iousmYa ef strength and ability to do Inn- work. That, is iu itself an omen of .success. "The best is vet to be"—to-day expresses her mind.--Wellington 'Times.' ll is comforting to have the news to-day that if the Federal Government have, formally rejected the proposition to erect an arch in one of the J-on don el reels for the Coronal ion. the Federal Government are lining something belter at- Home for the King and Umpire. 'They are, not building an arch of llowors and leaven bn- a day f-.r a curious crowd iu London's streets. J in:v era building up defences by kind and sea ’for all time. —Wellington ‘ Post.’ * r- * The Minister of Education appear* to have gone a little out of his way to make a declaration that the New Zealand Government's policy was pinned to free, secular, and compulsory education, Hntco it would bo interesting to learn whether there i> eomething bclrnd the utterance, rendering it apropos to something that has gone or is going before. Tiro public will await further' development's .tomsiriiat expectantly, and not without a measure of anxiety,— N'elscn ' Mail.’ If ¥.■ * ]t, needs no philosopher or scientist to sec and know that as children are provided with playing room, or deprived of it they are likely to bo physically healthy or stunted, and ' the Minister for Education rightly holds that the health of the children is of mere value than land, and that the department must face the question of providing ample playgrounds.—Wanganui ‘Herald.’ » * * We are corcly in need of a return to the short-lived policy cf self-reliance that Mr Balhmeo commended to tho nation, but the prospects of the adoption cf such sane and, safe ideas axe not' bright.—Christy Church 'Stax.*'