WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11477, 8 January 1909, Page 4

WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.

The objects of the new Maori organ* ■' 1 ' isation, as set forth m New Maori, tlie constitution of their .Association, new Young Maori Party, ''"'■' are m every sense laudable and anything that can be done to impipve the physical, . intellectual 7 .spiritual,' or social condition of -the Maori race will surely command- the

appreciation and gratitude of every public-spirited and right-minded miin and woman m the country. The splendid, work already done by the original Young Maori Association, which .drew its. inspiration from the College, is ap earnest sample of what may be accont'plislied by such k a movement m the higher interests- of the Native race, and \vo wish tho Auckland branch ol" Hie Young Maori Party 'the' heat and highest •piiroes's m t-he noble work it Ir.iF undertaken. — Auckland Star.

The nlin'e owners' themselves have no idea of 'tlie extc.it Miners' Complaint. of the financin 1 rey sponsibility they would incur if they kept all their cm ployes'nt \vprk without requiring them to submit themselves to ta medical examination/and they are unable to obtain insurance against their risk unless such an examination is held and the proportion of miners who are already affected is definitely ascertained. These are distinct factors m tho case whnh should convince the miners that the attitude adopted by the mineproprietors is far from unreasonable.— Otago Daily Times. '

It is m the face of tremendous cataclysms such as this Italy's Catastrophe, that the best m 7 v. • i. .men. and women is brought into play, and alas that, it should be so- It, is also amid the havoc of these overwhelming visitations that the primeval brute m man sprihgs.forth.' Italy and Sicily, have not, been spared the ishame that disgusted. ■:■ humanity when San Francisco and Valparaiso and Santiago^, were laid . m ruins two years ago.-^-Dunedin Star.

Amateur Rugby has had almost a. mpnp- ■ l -ii ■ "'-.'. poly .of, public .Professional Football. -interest here^.d, , . -, ; the , controllers of .the tvy.it, : ylike. c other monopolists, Have; '.rifpt^adequajiely 7 realised their responsibilities..'; •' The amat. ur~ authorities n^Mytobe 'Vigptbu-lyrt Ing now :to rotigh up they path for; the professional mo ,ement.-^-Evening Post. '

IhyMeisin'a,^ as * iii San .Francisco, -7:7 y 'scourged; by earthquake ; A Disgrace - and 'fire, . and _m Gfcive£ : .to Humanity, ton swept by tidal^av^e, l V ■"■;. y ...rr y, 'we -have <y Vdisgrfcefpl' exhibition ;ot. inhumanity ..and,; callousness' f6c.;\yhichth^' natural, forces' 'sde jfltit responsible; ; and, Which ,ivili&Moh may, .strive to. overcome: It, is: ■ disKeitteniiig .■''^'.lfhitiw^.tV-vvhSn.apTOjUhg disaster >pve^\^helmed:>a Y^hdle,.pppHJa^ tipil, ? stifrih^: tlt^ entire .wpHd 'WlVsyi^' pathy # anVV inspiring warships qI - ©ye.ry hation 1 .with : eiagerpess t# r^rider bassist-; atice. ' .ihe • evil day '■! W'^aijtoeV'iirtOTe^eyi'l by ' la^ss ; pilfagp and, plut id«wv, 'fins must teach- how" absolutely, necessary' are the ih^ittiUpn^ : ';t^iv.mMi^iiii law and hrder, : andY •how' utterly ; impossibly h'um'ai\ :>soc-&y , iri lafgeV citiiea would be j.ithoiit p6lme;— New Zealand Herold.i ]

We may safely poiidiHtes from the figures . ; . ''•'■' y. ""'■ :'"'... gi"hg the arrivals arid Our First \ departures m tlijß w- ■ Mi lliort .; \yi\ miriiipn during last; year , "■"'.•' ';...'' :'tha.t the 'population "of . "ifeyr Zealand hah-ty' last reached its. first millioiuy y Tfe?}^^^ted', population; mclud'ing 47;731 Maoris, on Deoemher ;31, 1^07; wfl« 977,215: - ? Tp;this number now have to. be added 6^lß,' the -eXceas of - arTivalg'over departures^ and', if we take; the ayefragi^ of, /thk past .-'■ four '; years,; ( .15,310, thef excess of -births over deaths. The&e , figures give a,, total' of. l ; ,O0O,84.1. The niht^in' .does; i }ip£/ appear Very great,, 'pjlt' probably '-.the full reiurnp tire made. up it will be f wind; that thp excess of birth's .'over,-' deaths io greater than we ; have, calculated. The excess m 1905 %a 15,6211 m 1906 15,&13, and m 1907 15,028y Tlie Maori figures/too,' are those ascertained* at the census ' of .1906, ■. and we; may fairly assuimie that tho increase, -m the Native; population wbic)i took pl^ce.. during. the preoeditii^ six years ;i. beihJs 'coritiriiied now. — Lyttelton : Times.--',.' ;.- . .. .' ;; ' •;.',•. ■' ... "' : -" :■" ■' '..-. ■.- '

With' 'the consent •of ! tho owners , in- :>, y\ '..-'...', 7 7 -good times, when the A|L^^ftCohflictYßrokeh Hill mines y were making good profits,. ■.tjhe men got increase after increase iii wages, and as wages men their general; condition, [.. has been very godd^ tjiough by yn. means topgood.cpn- < siderihg tJieiOharactet rtnd Hrbumstinces of r tlieir industry. , Now that comparatively had': times haVecpnie the men will not -yield, an inch to me^t the owners. Whatever the profit of the industry, they insist tlmt theiir share' of the profit f shall vbe, maintained at the highest pitchy^- *o7" far« as l the* broken ' Hill • prou priet^ry ;mine is cbhCei*nel},..the irtdiis- , ; .try* :stopfjt. .We ste the same thirty in j New Z«iland;v where even now m some plapes/iridustrres Continue '-at a lossy and the owflero have to. meet all the de- ; majids pf the. men iui order, merely that ; they may.' continue ' NoV system of arbitiatiph cah .permanently support sudh a ■'. ' state i of "things-, and ' the crisis is only \ deferred.— Evening Post! V