WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11871, 8 June 1909, Page 4

WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.

As Jong as efficiency is not sacrificed : there ought to Rctrenclunent.and. be a ; unaijimous Efficiency. ; ■■■ : public endorsationxf^ the retrenchment now %oing , on.. .throughout the public services. \x\ the past there has been a most extravagant multiplication of depa.rtme.nt6 and , creation of ivppointments.H-New Zealand Herald. . Oho noticeable .feature': of the 'new '■•:.' '.. :"'. : ■ Fe<leral Minstry is the The Federal predominance •of the Ministry. legal element, : aijd :if the combined ingenuity of BJx or seven lawyers can save thjs Dcakin Csibihot it 'should be aa^ured of a long life. . But 'the prospects of the coalition. > depend lessi upon the ability; of Ministers • than upon the pcsTßibility of ' keeping tho eternal ''fiscal ipsuo" -oui of slight, ,and titue alono will •" choM' Avhelher Mr Deakin and his colleagues can induce their followers tread, t-heir 'precarious path with caution and nelfcontrol.—Auckland Star. ' Combinations of tius chaiuicter -for the ';■•-. "protqetion •oi The Flour Millers' commerce 1 ' are .... AfisdciO'tioii. th& natural re- '] ', ' ;*. v suit of f- system which imposes itn ihiport duty on. food. The idea isrtijat such a duty .protects the primary' producer.. Ais, a niatter of fact, the r duty becQ,mes v ranlpart behind whicji the manipulator many carry on some- very prdfitabie trnnsactions. A$ no.^orte'-.iis much concerned with protecting; the .consumer, he' pays the. piper, and w ; h.&!i''he complaint about restriction m the 'spending power.' of his income he is as a rule told that . he is "extr^vugant," The • docile, ffitiiity of fho ; comniunity m; ( eonnectiqn with matters like this is almost beyond comprehension.—'. New Zealand Times. 1 ,

W« are. awaro that the e^-Speaker has ■ ' ' ■ ;' , been '-'exceedingly in'The Speakershi'p: discreet m. some of , . , his since the general election, and has consequently'forfeited the support of some okl Parliamentarians who had assisted k> v place him m th« chair inlso3, and again m 1906, but we are inclined to think that, considering Mr Guinness-a past servioes,. and the fact that his opponents have not shown that tliev have any special ; qualification^ , for the Speakership, neither having yet .served a term of ap- i ppenitiieeship as Chflirman.of Committees, wlijcli; is generally regarded' as a stepping atone to the niore important post,, ho >Viil) be re-elected for another torm.— | Dunedin Star. . ' ' . ;,

If it can be .'shown that the^. safeguards -.'■■''. . . on the rith'ei _ side qf The immigration the world, are m Poiicy. sdfficient ' mid that .;•;:' :\ ,; the ■ "gd^inistvat^i) of this policy ihi'pughllie HigH Combli-" 'ionev'a office .is being aitendodi with results that are not calouiated to beivept. Ui« Dominion and that are ayniptomaltc' of . f:»iluvo., to confine .issislance to the right class of emigrant, then those who would havo the Goveniment abandon its

imniagratioil policy' altogether will be strengthened m their argument*. As matters stand, however, there is no tangible evidence to support , the charge that the Government unduly encourage immigrants to this country by unjustifiable representation concerning the prospects that await them. — Otago Daily Times. .