WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11515, 22 February 1909, Page 4

WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY

\Er Massey and his followers have long urged the establishment of A Coming a. Civil , Service Board; Reform. they are. , how receiving support, from their oplonents, and if .Ministers andi heads of leipartments continue to .find grievou§ a wit vvith departmental officers, the pub. i ie will come to the conclusion, already . cached by. many, that'an independent Civil Service Board is an absolute nee-- ' >ssity, if the work of administration, is ;p bo carried on \\ithout ,tlie political interference that Tso often .spells ineffioiency * and extravagance. —Cnristchurch Press. ■ ■ y. The Liberals have been so long ih office, that the Opposition has. , Massey never been able- to shake Testimonial, itself free froih: the tra-' • ditions of th© old, dis-. ..-redited Conservative party, but under (ither conditions its: present leader mighthave become a Minister of the 'C'rowh md . a very useful administrator. . We hope that our own j>o)itical friends will subscribe freely to the testimonial that is ibeing raised! for Mr Massey. and that it .will form.-a ..fitting.!.'tribute to the vyorth of an earnest, upright-mari.-^Lyt-' 5 belton Times. ' ..« The* community owes a debt of gratitude ' to 7 iNtr' .Shrimpton for his A Ndhle noble gift to the Hospital' Deed., of a thousand pounds toy- v. : : 7 ward tho cost of a children's ward,.-.: This is the second time a sum of that extent has been given by a living benefactor, the" former donor being, Mr' J. N. Williams. , Acts of this kind stand! oiit as bright oases m a dull de« sert of lack of thought. They, serve as examples; as incentives too, it may be hpiied. To rib higher arid holier pUrv pose can chaTity.be applied tdianjn connection with the healing of-the-sick and. the feeding of the'hungry. In this courifliy little need for the 'latter exists, bui' % haus : too' deplo,V6 nearly the average amount of .arid disease, and hence philanthropic jeffort iri. the direction, of .alleyiatirig suffering, are as ne<sesY saiiy as, m tli^\Older countries. Of Europe;* —Napier Telegraph- - '.'' .1. Our G6yeri*tmep^ih tlie pa^ have be,eh; r Xs° 'greatly iriipressed 'State V with the extent of the .Prospecting, country's mineral wealth tliat they have largely subsidised and assisted Schools of Mines'; wliich are -fouhded^'for the .purjiose df educating mining -is, per^ sons <iualified7 to become scientific' profit! liectorsY Itvhas'always been a puzzle tons why, after educating at the public expense -these scientific prospectors, the Governriie^it of jNewr Zealand did not find- work for them. - New Zealand miii-^ ing experts wei'e exploring and developing the riiining resources of every part of the world except New Zealand;: We hear of them m America, Africa, •Aus-' tralia, Asia. We rail it a very unprofitable speculation to spend .public money mi impairing knowledge audi skill to-per-sons v for whom is ho- opening m the country. If it ibe.- right for. the State to educate miners,' surely it must be right for the -State* to'own mines' for then, to work in.-T-Tuapeka Timet. Denmark supplies 'a wonderful illustra- -'■>'. : tion of the benefits of Denmark's co-operation and m Object Lesspn. tense cultivation.-The : ..• :• organisation oof the dairy iridustry on co-operative lines lias brought prosperity' to thousands of small faiiners. In 1907 there were 1100. cooperative dairy' companies^with 160,C00 members, and m; all Denmark, out of 180,000 dairy farmers, only 20^000 stood out of .the/co-operative system, and these were either suburban owners df one or two cows or 7 great landowners. There arei thirty-four co-operative abattoirs, built by breeders of pigs; the subscribing members numbering 93,000. These asspY ciations have practically secured a monopoly of the 'neighboring rharkets for pork < hams, and bacon. Irio ten years the VPHltl^-f ari^r*i > by co-operation, increased ' ttie ' vatae of V Denmark's export of eggs from £375,000 a year to £1,400,006. •■ Tho co-operative associatidris carry out fbr the farnners the inspectionand.grading of produce, the employment of expert instructors, and all the other .services rendered m New, Zea-, land by the Agricultural Department. We may safely co to Denmark for'lessons, and there is surely, a lypvld of sig-nifibanceoin'..tlie.-.fact- .tliat Grieat Britain is drawing her supplies of dairy produce, eggs, , fruit and vegetables from the small farmers of the' Coiitip'eht, while v hundreds' bf; thousands ;of acres of her own are lying idle.— Lyttelton Times. • It is impossible not to sympathise veiy o , . V strorigly -with. the sen'A, \QueStaon „ti merit t inspiring the of TPaitribtiam. v proi-RritisU party! on' the Auckland iJarbor Board' m regard to the. purchase of British m prefei^noe to Gfrman electric cranes—-it* is a seiitiment whfpl3/. dictat-'' •cd. fihe imposition;of prefereAti^l duties pgainst.forfeign countries, and m its desire to support ißritiah ' rather tiian , foreign industry it is healthy and laudable. But it would be.raither an expensive sentiment for public' .bodies tp- indulge m as a ruleY Iri this^particular instance matters-, turned out ibecause the Board will, aia it provesj' p;ay less for. theoißrltish than for the 'German cranes. Biit if Britisb niariii| facturers and merchants' came to underf' stando that their tenders would be7ae| cepted on patriotic^ groundk-.against those of German firms; we are, V afraid tbey might • be tempted; to squeeze some extra profits out of the - patriotic purchasers.^ In their private capacity. people have 'a" right to do as they like' iri ''respect to vtheir patronage of YBritish goods,, and if they choose to pay a trifle more ratlier than buy articles made m Germa/iy, well and good —orie can admire tthen> for giving practical e;xpx^Bsioj(i, at, some, personal cost, to their sympathy yvith the Old Country, But that 'is a 'different matter 1 from; .public todies responsible for the expenditure of public' monejr, following the saniecoui'se. The eliniiiriation of^fbreign competition'irt sucli cases might be most satisfactory-to the British manufacturers, but it might be a very costjy policy for those who had to pay. —Christchurch Press. * , : i ' ; ' ' < i < < ' < (