WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11792, 4 March 1909, Page 4

WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.

iApart from all the otlisr. points involved '■■ •;-.; the* public will ivbso- < The Penguin liitely agree with that • " Judgntent. part of the judp^mfni ! .: of the Penguin luqttirj^ ■Court which prasUcallv d«!plaxes : thab.'£he iirst duty of « captain is to, take' 110 risk. ;hu£ wheiOn doubt to steer immediaitely Ifoi'Wtfoty. Bad this axioriuitu; principle of ;j'jttfur|ng been rigidly followed b)[ the master of the- -Ponguin. the Dominion would not now be .mourning fou fi disaster which has filled hundreds of ujpinies with despair. Jfone of lis wmdtt /wish .to add. to the remorse of the kindly and well-meaning captnSn ;,whos* error 'of judgment led to' this lamentable catastrophe, nnd to whom the temi>6rary fuspension of his ceittificjito-cari bq of conij)arntively little weight. But w^ must pin.phasise the" fact that as comv<'ired with the" safety of human lives the desiro to "make tune" is valiielcßß, and that care 'in? passengers and ci-ew. must be'the th'st tho^lit of enptaius nnd th? fiiist oonsidbrnlion of companies.— Auckland Hterald: It is suggested thiit'tlie Thnon StftuniShip | ' Oompany, whose eriitei'- ! The All-Red -.\nisp. , has hod :sußh im.- ;- --• llbtite. • iwrtiint ' effects in the | comtnercial life «f Australasia, wouild b& \HUtng to open^ userV>co with eighteen-l>iiiot Boats plying between JTew Zealarid "inid Vancouver, pi*6yidied'the Governments •concor!ti«d were V«idy to ftnd : a auffloient subsidy . 4 There is, reasort .to beliqv^ thai the New Z«>afuhd and /ire prepared to'iriake tho n-ecessary recomTn«]iRations .to their ' Piirliamentfi, and the Civniidaa n Postrnflater-Gteneral , who is now in Australia/ is presumably disciissthg the questioiV with the Federal ' Gfoytern* ment as weJl as with : the Jioad of th« Union \St€a,m ; Sliip'-pprnpany^ It* '-X& en(jouragirig/to fjnd that negotiations are in i aotiye 1 progress, land w© hbpfe^that some definite «ta*tieiEnent 'y<si "jthieysubjecti avjll be published Times. - The Auckland' Harbp'r/'B.pai'd; have done. ' " ' ; \ ; thV right • thing in 1 British'and • piyihg tenForeigii Gqods. '.deV '*■- preference ; p\Qt " • ;■ ■-.'■*■" ; that ■;■• of '■■''-'■' af - German, firm. The Board^ have taken the ' line that preference '.should"-, be given to .the lixitish article, and we. congratulate them upon their. decision. Thip coiintry receives from Great Britain' an absolutely [roe market for hey produce. The . British householder js otuvbest '(fustomeivlf . we can pt]t work in his \vay. we*, should do- it. Germany, places a prohibitive duty on the things New' Zealandera have to sell. 'The German Government jirpfer that a great part of the population Should eat ' horseflesh instedd of, ■ Zealand mutton. 'Tliese^ facts seem to us to afford .sufficient I'easdn why New Zealand should keep her trade as much as-poKsiblo in the hands of her kith and kin. ; — Wellington 'Times. The reception given to tlie Hon. . J. A. MiHar was y. richly.Mr. Millar merited' tribute to his Honored, sturdy political altitude dtirin % the , , , tnany \ yea rs that ha has sei-ved -Dunßdin and 'New; Zealand fl's a pdrliamenta i v|an.and Minister of', the 'Crown. Mi ; millw* is iJ6l>*a colorless political pet: -He is a -man of roniarljable ' f oi'co./ of.'-.cliaracter, or ( he could "iieycfju^ve. lived , Sown'"' the" ob^ loquy heincurred because of his conduct in the interest of the strikers.. ■ He, has received his baptism iof fire as M i'nislei' of Lnhor ; bur- ;ho liiny yeti as Minister (>i Railway.*,;' Be: called upon to prove the niettle of his p'olitionl character. . A»:| the Attorhey-G^eneral «ud, the position j is not a bed of roses.— Oamaru Mail.

It lias been repeatedly stated by people who ought to knov Retrenchment, the truth that several of the public offices in Wellington are largely over-manned md Uhat scores of ttye clerks could be spared without impairing the service ii: my way. We are not suggesting thai rhe.se State employees should be turned ulrift- to 'swell the ranks of the unemiloyed. But if there are already more nen than are required in the service the jrovernment should suspend making fur Lher appointments for a year or two. The public have no right to expect that four or five hundred ■ young people will 3B taken into the public service every year whether they are wanted or not, ind we ai'e satisfied that if some of the 3ther Ministers would follow the bole 2xample of Mr Millar they would share :n the applause that is being bestowed tipon their colleague. — Lyttelton Times. tt» is unfortunately true tHait 'in the.' past a preponderating number of Capita 1 unsuitable immigrants have Wanted, been brought to this country, thus «wellrng the ranks 6f 'he uniemployed I'.1 '. What is most urgently t'equired is the influx of men of moderate neans ; men who wall be able to assist in the <!levelopriieri(t'.of the country and] A^ll not become dependent on a paternal jfovernment for a livelihood; If. this •laFs of immigi'ant could be induced to jheso shores, a better state of affairs noukl soon obtain through New Zealand, which can never make bold progressive ttridies till foreign' capital is introduced. Capital is in .as much need of cncoin-age-rnent ns immigration, and until this is •bnought about, wo can, expect no real advance.—Grey mouth Star. ' .