WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Evening Star, Issue 14554, 1 May 1911, Page 1

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

The best way to increase trade within the Empire will be to develop its empty spaces, to make wide areas of land avatlablo for settlement, to spread population over British territoiy.—" New Zealand Times.' ** * J The fact is that so long as the tofan.sator is legalised and made respectab'.* undor the admirable management of the racing clubs the bookmaker will contrive to make a living of some kind in our midst.—' Lyttelton Times.' * * » If both Hawaii and the Philippines can be smothered by the "little brown man" in 'time of peace, it cannot be long oefore, either in peace or in war, he will be blocking at the back door of Australia's Northern Territory, and after that New Zealand's turn cannot be much longer delayed. What arc Australia and New Zealand going to do about it ?—Wellington ' Post.' * * * Present Labor prospects are not such as to cause alarm. A house divided against itself cannot stand ; and until Labor learns to keep its own house in order it cannot hope to successfully control proceedings in the House of Representatives.—Gore ' Standard.' * * * No protective tariff that the country could bear would allow an employer to pay 48s for twenty hours' work while employers in the same trade in other countries only pav, say, 30s to 40s for fifty-four oisix'ty houTs' work. All our industries would be mined under such conditions.— ' Taranaki Herald.' * * * There is more red-tapeism in connection ■with the Education Department than in any other branch of the public service—except, perhaps, the Native Land administration, which is anathema!—' Thames Star ' * * * There has been too long a tendency ill the Australasian Press to play the part of tne Greek chorus when Imperial affairs are being discussed. What principally requires to be said at present is that tlie colonies already enjoy a full autonomy, and can hardly be made more free, as nations, excepting- by ceasing to have any political connection of any .kind with the Mother Country.—The ' Dominion.' .