What the Papers Say

Observer, Volume XXVII, Issue 45, 27 July 1907, Page 3

What the Papers Say

THIS is a humane age. We call the shooting down of a mob 1 of blacks a " splendid victory," and we bring up a girl school-teacher before an absurd committee for striking a naughty child on the hand with a supplejack. ■*— Wellington "Free Lance."

A reform in the manners of Parliament in the direction of less talk and more careful work is highly desirable, and the majority of members must appreciate that ? and should therefore be ready to assist in bringing about such a reform. — Nelson " Colonist."

There are too many M.'sH.R. The necessity for three or four repre sentatives for any city isn't apparent. The colony (we shall have to call it a Dominion directly) could very well weed out ten city members, and half the Legislative Council could do all the work that the "whole now undertakes. — New Plymouth " News."

• w m The starting of Maternity Homes in the cities by the great man th it is gone was one of the finest measures he carried out. It is only family men who know what a great expense and trial these occasions are, that can thoroughly appreciate what the opening of country hospitals for thes» cases would be. — Cromwell " Argus. T • * • It seems to us that one weak spot, and it is not the only one, in the policy of erecting workmen's dwellings, is that it is a policy which means giving one section of the community advantages at the expense of the whole community. — Hawera " Star."

Almost before we know it there will be no forest left from which to cut railway sleepers, building material, and timber required for the carrying on of mining operations. Few probably realise how near the end of our timber resources we have approached. — New Plymouth " Herald."

The question of preventing the exploitation of the public by trusts and combines is of paramount importance, and any reasonable attempt to protect the people from a repetition of what has been experienced in America of recent years should meet with general support. — VVanganui "Herald."

There is not an individual in the colony who does not realise that the Upper House as at present constituted carries with it no redeeming features. It is but a replica of the party in power, who have swept away the intellectual faculty and replaced it with goodness only knows what. — Oamaru "Times."

Employers have much to fear when it is remembered that the wave of socialism seems to have caught Ministers who are prone to yield to the demands of agitators who have constituted themselves into labour councils. — Palmerston " Standard."

The debate on the Address-in-Reply is quite out of place in a democratic community, and if members could only be persuaded to abolish the infliction, a grateful country would begin to believe that Parlia ment could act wisely sometimes. — Palmerston " Standard."

Universal training does not mean conscription. It is democratic and commonsense in principle, and — the Volunteer system having outlived its usefulness — it should be passed into effect so that every man will feel his share of responsibility in the defence of his "country. — Wanganui " Herald."