WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 8 March 1912, Page 7

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

The establishment- of domestic science as a feature of the "University curriculum was accomplish'.-.,! only in the face of strong opposition, but the successwhich already has attended the classes carried on at Otygo University nui-t have removed the fears of those who hesitated to venture upon a rather daring experiment. —"Lyttelton Times.

the Opposition to insist on being consulted about the formation ol" a Government is the acme of constitutional absurdity. They have on« precedent only. It is t!r\t if they have the necessary forco thev can turn the Government out. If they can get that force by Juno —they certainly have not got H now —they can take advantage of their precedent, il' n it. they will have to keep up their spirits as bet't they may.— "Oamaru Mail."

Henceforth New Zealand will be ruied not by Parliament but by the party caucus and the caucus ''boss." It is very much lo lie regretted that the new Parliament, compoM'd largely of new mom bers, doe.s not appear to have f *" I' ! . v grasped the gravity of the; podlion. The electors will know how to <leal \\ith tho6o who have thus dared lo forcibly deprive them of their rights. Christ church "Press."

Tile time °f Parliament is wasted and the country is put to enormous expense as a result of. t lie everlasting wrangling, manoeuvring, ami intriguing between the ins and the outs, ami p.iiitic.s and politicians are degraded a.s a ! equence. 'l'li-c- acceptance. ol the principle of an Klectivo Executive would completely revolutionise politics in N j .'w Zealand. and would prove, a. most effectual bar to the party recriminations which are to-dav characteristic of political life.—Wangunui "iierakl."

If Mr Fowlds cou!<l be induced to throw himself heart and soul into a national movement he would, in ail probability, find himself at the head of a great party at the next appeal to Iho country, and it is to him that «'e <u'o looking for the salvation of the progressive c£iuse in the Dominion. Chii.'-t-i church "Star."

There will be great curiosity in the country as to the oersonnet of a Ministry which is expected to unite in harmony the diverse elements of Progressive Liberalism, Radicalism, and jV* 1 " bour. There are so many possibilities of dissension in these parties with respect to record*.ru-.. ,:o:i that most peopic* will agree in ttur.K.ng that "J' 1 changes have yet 10 come.—Southland "Times."

Tn our opinion the "Liberal party include more than one Premier "in p-'sse with sufficient personal influence to hold his Cabinet and his following together, and sufficient parliamentary experience anel political ability to guide the fortunes of Liberalism towards- higher achievements in the way of .-social betterment an-.l legislative reform than ithas ever attain-i-d in the past. In con struct ing tiie Cabinet it will, of course, be necessary to give elite weight to the preponderance of the North in population, wealth, and material potent::ihtie--. and it will be, at least equally liecessnrv to consider the claims of Labom> to direct representation in the _ Minis trv. but none < f the difficulties in theway of reorganising tile Cabii.et are insuperable. And. keenly as the of Sir .Joseph Ward will b,. f"U. we believe that he would be the last matt in th-e House to imagine that he is "'dispensable. or that the Liberal party will falter in their policy or fail in thr- realisation of their purposes, simplv because lie is no longer their leader. AucKi.inci "Star."