WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Observer, Volume XXX, Issue 41, 25 June 1910, Page 3

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

ONE of the most urgent needs of the day is %o see opportunities for obstruction'and waste of time completely eliminated from Parliament and the widest opportunity given, for the discussion and investigation of those things which touch the public interest.—Wellington " Times." ■ • • To - induce farmers and farm labourers to come to. the colony is a wise thing, bnt to induce any other class to come is not; yet hundreds of" persons slip past as assisted, immigrants who have never been nearer a farm than the East End of London.— Oamaru "Times." • • ■ The public doeß not know how Parliament conducts its business—it cannot conceive that many members of Parliament day after day record the votes which they are sworn to exercise the best 'of Jtheir ability in the nation's interest, without the slightest knowledge of the merits of the matter they are voting on, and often without even knowing what they are voting on.—Wellington "Dominion." -•- • " '■•■ ■ ■■■■•• • - In native affairs sunshine and shadow follow each other rapidly. The meeting at Waabi indicates a sunshiny period ; let us hope it-will last till the. 600,000 acreß spoken of are producing cropß and carrying herds.— Hamilton " Argns." .j» ■ :.■'■ .-..•- * Until the Labour -Party in New Zealand takes a leaf out of the book of what is now and likely to continue the dominant political force in the Commonwealth, settles its internal dissensions, and presents a solid front, so far from ever prevailing politically, it can never hope to be reckoned a factor possessing much weight in the polities of the country.—Nelson " Colonist." • » • It would seem that Powelka has been sentenced very severely, and that, in being punished for the crimes admitted by him or proved against him, he has had to bear some of .the brunt of the crimes of which he is supposed to have been guilty, but of which proof was not sufficient {or a conviction.—Nelson " Mail." ■ • • While all right-minded people desire to see criminals punished, there are very few who will agree that justice has been meted out to Powelka.— Coromandel'fNews." • • • We trust that in the next list of appointeesrto the Upper House will be found the name' of Mr Robert Thompson.—Whangarei " Mail." N ■ ■ • While politicians squabble and fight over the rival land tenures, the actual demand for labour on the land is by no means what it ought to be, N certainly, in our opinion," not so extensive as to warrant any wholesale importation of British' city-bred youths.—Blenheim «* Express." " i • •• . • The public has a right to expect that the two remaining Parliamentary •essipns shall be of at least the normal length, and that they shall be distinguished by more than the normal amount of. attention to business.— Wellington* "Post," ■ . • • The , Aucklanders are . profound believers in ecolbmy of publio expenditure—outside *f Auckland. Evidently ► your typical Aucklander has an abiding faith in the virtue of asking for things, and never being satisfied. The. more they get the mort they seem to v want.—Greymouth " Argus."

.\ We beara Jiw^?rantswg* trlcts.it is not an uncommon thing the child of the local butcher, .baker or grocer to bring along t at, the'begin-? hing of n the * month,' > the v teaeherV cheque,, and to hand; it to. him with the remark: "Here's your wages; Father sent it." How would the secretary, or other officials, or the inspectors, like to be so humiliated ?~ Dunedin "Star." \ ' '' . - 1 I - *- ',A The Government, instead of dangling before the constituencies fancy .schemes for debt extinction and supply of electric power, shduld first of all have.a thorough clearing up of all the unfulfilled promises of much-needed legislation foreshadowed in former speeches' from the throne.—New Plymouth "Herald." : •• < ■ There is room in New Zealand for many more millions of people, but onlyby an insistence on a profitable occu-' pation of the now waste Jands of the Dominion can such a* population exist. —Wanganui' * Herald." • - • »i It is to be hoped that, the Government will not yield one iota, to the absurd agitation in Auckland against utilising the present site of Government House as a site for a university fit to meet the needs of the future.— —Rotorua " Times." ■ • • s The care for the health of tbe public should be as much a charge on-tbe public purse as the care for the pro-. perty •of the public. It will coat money, but men are of more moment than money ; and, after all, prevention is better than cure and the cheapest in the long run. — New Plymouth, "News." ■ • • Though quite admitting that the law must be upheld and offenders punished we must confess tbat the sentence of 21 years' bard labour passed on Powelka for the crimes he bad committed was -brutally severe and quite out of proportion to the offence.—Thames " Star." • ■ • There are subjects on which Dr, Findlay may be heard with interest and with profit, but there are others that are beyond the scope of his knowledge, and the question of land, settlement, as it presents itself to the mind: of the practical farmer, is certainly one of them. —Manaia " Witness." • • • Whenever a little job is to be done a great fuss is made, political supporters are readied up, Ministers come along, are banquetted, deputationised, and make speeches—and all for the glory of the great Liberal Government.—. Gisborne " Times." 9 • • Who can tell what the GovernmentV policy is ? Assuming that it is .some-' thing more than merely marking time and retaining , possession of the Treasury Benches, what does the M.hv istry propose to do to justify its claim - to be a Democratic Government?— Napier " Telegraph." a »_ ■• The Crown Suits Act reduces to a travesty the axiom that " the Kingcan'do no wrong,-" and it is to be hoped tbat Parliament will not permit' another session to pass without repeal-' ing the iniquitous ■ measure. l —Wanganui "Chronicle." • • st It is distinctly evident that the Government is going, to take" up the. same attitude in regard to the native - question as characterised its,attitude, on the land question. There is.tb be a trimming of the, politicals sails' 1» catch the breeze of popular favour. — Dannevirke " News." -> > * -No,, child' should be-punished-for.: not being able pp write like, the teeeheci; and every-other, child.' It ii>not sqi; necessary tf or'the.childvto^ study, the« teacher as tbe teacher the Waal child,. but j the teacher * specialist and an enthiwlast;_» wake; tbis t 'stmly^nseJttV^ > A ■&' W „Jr>!,AHi4feXJAlk , /ti^SS