Press Opinions.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 275, 29 November 1901, Page 3

Press Opinions.

Truly the liberalism of our Liboral Parliemont is not infrequently calculated to take one’s breath away.-—Greymouth Argus. The mother hen cannot always shield all her chickens from the hawk, and New Zealand is the furthest wanderer from the protecting wing.—Wanganui Chronicle. Altogether the attempt to digest what has been done during the past few months by our law-makers leaves one with rather a bad taste in his mouth. —Woodville Examiner.

George Reid’s opinion of a brother politician : “ He has a cool chock—so cool that if he puts milk into his mouth it becomes ice cream before he gets it down.” —Melbourne Punch.

A statesman is an individual who can succeed in deluding his fellow-country-men until such time as be makes a pile ; ergo, it will ultimately be discovered that Barton is a statesman after all.—Sydney Truth.

We feel sure that there will be much disatisfaotion throughout the colony over the increase of payment to members, more especially as there are so many public works which are being deferred for want of funds. —Eketahuna Express.

The presentation business is now worked for all it is worth in the Railway Department, and when officials are removed from one district to another it is quite the thing for porter Jones or shunter Brown to get a testimonial. —Tapanui Courier. Mr Seddon has once more proved himself the strong man of Parliament, and the Opposition, when the crucial test came of prolonged and determined fight “ caved in ” ignominiously, and left the honourable gentleman an easy victor. —Blenheim Express. The Wellington City authorities cannot soe six inches before tueir noses, and never could. A more purblind corporation could hardly be found in Christendom. —Picton Press.

Nelson is discussing the construction of an ambitious ship canal, which will convert the town into a port with docks and other appurtenances, and thus enable it to compote with Wellington.—Napier Telegraph. With regard to the increased honorarium of members, unless wo are greatly mistaken, the people of the colony will speak very plainly on this matter when the next general oleetion is held.—Carterton Observer.

Mr Seddon will never suppress smoking among small boys until he suppresses the small boys themselves. And if the birthrate continues to go from bad to worse as at prosent this will happen very soon Dunedin Tablet. Ranfurly, unlike some of our Australian Governors, desiring to prolong his term, has got M.L. Government to request the Imperial authorities to assent to the prolongation. That is the old constitutional practice.— Sydney Bulletin. More plundering! Among the items on the Supplementary Estimates was the following: Additional allowance to members of Parliament who were members Federation Commission, £442. A motion to strike out the vote was lost by 23 votes to 14—Palmorston Times. Gambling in mining shares has become quite a craze in New Zealand of late years, and it is well that the public have at last awakened to the true state of things. There is sufficient evidence to justify the assertion that the game has been systematically worked in Otago.— Dannovirke Advocate. The manner in which legislation was carried through during the last few days of Parliament is littlo short of disgraceful. The House wasted so much time in the earlier months of the session that it had barely begun to work when members were itching to got back to their homes. Christchurch Times. We had a taste of the much-lauded “ drastic discipline ” in New Zealand at the time of the Maori War, and volumes could bo written of the disasters in a small way that followed it. Sir Hector is a fighting man —as good as stands in the army—but to come a distance of sixteen thousand miles to preach “ drastic discipline ” is rather good.—Waihi Daily Telegraph,