THE Inangahua Times. SATURDAY, MARCH. 6, 1900. THE WEEK.

Inangahua Times, 6 March 1909, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. SATURDAY, MARCH. 6, 1900. THE WEEK.

THERE is a splendid Socialistic settlement at RuSOCIALIST nanga. The land NON- there is owned by SOCIALISTS, the people for the people, Men took up residence areas there on the condition that thev lived on them. So far so good. But the influx ot people rose the value of the land, and men, fortunate enough to have secured a portion of the crust of Mother Earth, leased it to less fortunate souls and rejoiced in the unearned increment. The Westland Land Board saw the conditions had been vitiated : and threatened to resume possession, confiscating the land for the good of all. This is a splendid principle. Many of the advanced Socialists ha\e been advocating it for years. But it that a number of Socialists li-ve at Runanga and are strong in objection. Why ? t

WHY should Captain Naylor, the victim of an "Act THEINEQUAL-of God," get 12 ITYOF months' suspertSENTENCE. sion of his certificate, and the captain of an Australian vessel, found guilty of negligence and careless conduct', only get six months. There is something about the disparity; of these judgments. Captain Naylor was careful to set his boat, as he thought, well on the safe course. The other man was adjudged guilty of misconduct. And yet the one is punished twice as much as the other. It seems flagrantly unjust. It is no matter if lives were lost or not. In a wreck, the chances are that valuable human lives will be lost—are likely to be lost. And so when' a captain is found guilty of misconduct, well—for our part —we would prevent him ever again running a boat of any kind to which passengers or crew trusted to safety.

It may be news to many people

that there is a THE DOMAIN Domain Board in BOARD. Reef ton. It rneett, we believe, now tnd then. Like some other institutions in Reefton it dots not cater for publicity. It meets in .no public place, it craves to awaken no public interest. It does- its best with itspropeity, and that's " an end on't."