VOICE OF THE PRESS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9098, 16 March 1901, Page 4

VOICE OF THE PRESS.

WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

• Auckland is now; ready to enter unoi ■ a career of improvement which wil . greatly change all its conditions.— N.Z - Herakj. V We are be£ining to hope a little eagei I ly for a return of the sober, prosperou r days whose peace was not interrupts . every week by khaki outbursts.— Lyttel ton Times. No life asurance canvasser ought, t be given power to pick and choose wh shall make, the medical examination. - Wanganui Chronicle. * Six months' experience jof freetrade ii this colony would convince every pro ducer, and every labor unionist that free > trade is the, oue thing necesary for it 3 progress and prosperity.— Rangitikei Ad - vocate. ,y ; The patriotic movement will not hay . accomplished ite^f uil task unless it ha i the permanent ■'effect of "fostering th ; study of national and . Imperial histor; • among all closes Of the cdmmunity.---r Otago Daily Times. l The Premier should now go a ste] i> further, by making the appointments o - the magistrates during good behaviour :• and giving them salaries more commen j surate with the important work the' - have to perform.— Press. ' r Take it all m all, the modern systen » ol gradually extending leniency, especi J- ally to first offenders and those wh I- committed crime" under . great stress, ha r worked.— H.B. Herald. ' *^? doubt when the insane resistanc - of the Boers is ended the burghers wi] l be given ample, opportunity bf becomini > farmers again, but our own kith and kii > should receive the first consideration ,- " Lyttelton Times.. 1 Whatever the Australians may thin] of the 'Frisco service, to New Zealani • there can be only one intelligent opinion | Am the shortest, ouickest, and most re ; habje route to London, and as such mush ' h ai5 ported and encoura e 6^- — n.z Mr seems hardly to havi grasped the difficulties of his present pro HZ f' ij^ Lave to ''«*™w»l» aboui 500 coal -depots m diffenmt parts of th. cblony, wid employ a Me army of cc* agents.— Wairarapa Daily Times. Among quite a number of Liberal meni bers m the House there is s definite de termination to openly revolt this session, Shl aW they V*™>™ tie end ii sight, or that they are honestly purposec to turn over a new political leaf is not j clear.— Alataura^Ensign. j While this colony depends for its prosperity and progress entirely on its producers and their -exports,' it is imposwble to protect" any industry m which the profitirare regulated by the London market.—Rangitikei Advocate. In these days when letters are carried for a penny all round the world/and when the tendency of the age is to cheapen communication m eveiy way, the rates which are charged for the undersea cables are absurdly exorbitant.— Truth. If the Boards do not "agree" to the scale of teachers' salaries, the vote will lapse, and Dr Seddon will accuse them of thwarting his design to benefit the teachers of the colony, and use it as an argument for taking away their administrative powers.— H.B. Herald. - We are inclined to think there never will be an Opposition, m the ordinary sense of the word, until it is evolved or developed — for. we have some doubts as to the better term to use under the circumstances—from .what is now the Government party.— Napier Telegraph. Our opinion is that m making his New Zealand-Sydney cable proposals, Air Ward has hit upon an eminently sensible project, .and that it would be for the advantage of the State to carry out.—Napier Telegraph. With tropical Australia settled by white labor, and colored labor excluded by legislation, the condition m 50 years may be a dominant- race of idle-capitalists and a subservient race of white degenerates toiling almost as chattel slaves.— -Moil, Nelson. If women insist on men being sober, they will be sober; if women insist on men using temperate language, they will do so ; and as long as women do not combine and demand a higher life from men, so lonjj will the worl(f be steeped m j impurity.— Hastings Standard. I Now we find a man of Lord Rosebery's calibre stating that the best preparation that can be made for the war of the twentieth centuiy is to be found m educa- ! ting commercial -men scientifically from the bottom to the top. These lessons of the Old World should not be lost on j ourselves. — Auckland Star. I Air Ward is undoubtedly very optimistic m his views, but there is one aspect m which he differs very materially from the Premier, and that is his desire to

grapple with questions which broadly < concern the State, and not the^ private individual. — Manawatu Daily Times. Ihe industrial world is passing with j some rapidity on a course the end of which is wrapt m doubt and darkness. s AU that may be said is that the wars for n.ore ttiritory are practically at an end; 1 the wars of the future will be trade con- ] flicts for the world's markets. — N.Z. 1 T'-mes When m Parliament the Opposition i should talk very much less and work i veiy much more. In such circumstances 1 their task, although a painful one, will i be appreciated by the public, and the criticism which they will then be m a 1 position to give must sooner or later 1 make a valuable impression. — Press. ( If we could give politics a rest for a few > ears, even at the cost of pensioning ( the politicians for the term,- we should be abe to record very much greater pros- i pevity. The question of now Federation wu nld affect our politics is not wor- '. thy of the slightest consideration. — -Rangi- ■ tikrti Artvcete. In practice, this crime, against man- : kind is expressed by "the formula "improvers are not to be recognised." This, when uttered by a Judge, m accordance with the law he is called on now. to administer, condemns many who seek to earn au honest livelihood to fall back upon stealing, begging, or politics. — Napier Telegraph. If every Government knew that retrenchment at the expense of effectiveness was a mortal political sin, and that the cost of effectiveness might be inquired into -but would- never be grudged, a. healthy spirit would soon pervade the War Office. Red-tape would break into pieces. ': Incompetency would vanish.^— N.Z. Herald. Mx Seddon, we expect, will find that m the very weakness of the Opposition will iie their strength, and we snail !not ? be surprised to find a very large desertion from the top -dog's party before many weeks of the session have gone^by.—Examiner, Woodville. The Premier has preferred to take the i opinions of the members! of. Parljameiit on 1 the subject of sending troops to the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament: Why this shirking of responsibility? And why if the opinions of members are wan- .■ ted on this and other subjects, does not the Premier call Parliament together? There is a danger m doing public^ business m this manner, which should be 1 avoided.-^Rangitjkei Advocate. „ There is another unsatisfied call heard ! m all parts of the colony for roads and bridges and other necessary conveniences. . Are these, appeals, to go unheeded while the Government lavishes thousands of l pounds upon a military display m a Neighboring capital? We^say no, and we beheve most people m Taranaki will .- disapprove of the present ..proposal.— I Taranaki Herald. . Private individuals . can supervise ln- '_. dustties much better and at less expense b than the State, as the former get. the : most capable men while the latter un- , fortunately employ the least. Should I the State coal mine prove a failure, it '_■ will hot be the Premier or his colleagues "r who will put their hands into their poc- : kets to make good! the deficiency as prir i vate individuals would do,, but the long- ; suffering taxpayers will have to^ay the I' plper.-^-Alanawatu Standard. »' Mr Seddbn'S own complaint thatwhile ' asiAlinister of Railways he can obtain s coal at 19s or 21s a ton, as a private individual he must pay 33s ot 40s a ton, t shows that there is something radically 1 wrong with the present system. We are aware of the difference between ; steam c coal and household coal, but this scarce--8 ly explains the startling difference m the I prices. Probably the Goveriiment will 6 find it necessary to arrange for the shipr ping and distribution of the coal as.well i as for its mining, but once having taken ; the matter m hahd, it may be trusted to i- cany it to a satisfactory conclusion. i-i There is no undertaking m which it -will y. receive more cordial support from the ci public— Ljttelton Times.