DOMINION OPINION.

Waikato Times, Issue 12189, 26 September 1911, Page 7

DOMINION OPINION.

It is said to bs a v * r y common! | thing in this district for persons to I write the names of other pi&opli <m j the .backs of cheques to ma-o an endorsement, which has prahahdy Fj*e» overlooked 'either by the persons ifli J whose favor the cheque is drawn ,*' lor by the person taking the cheque* llt may not tie 'generally known that j the Crimes Act allows a punishments of imprisonment for life for such an' j offence—even though the cheque should be for only thirty shillings.— I Stratford Post. * * * * We a-re thankful that Sir Joseph IWard 'does not promise every Crown ; tenant the freehold on such terms as the Farmers' Union and the Opposi- ! toon can approve, or, indeed on any 'terms. But we regret that his dcIfence of the public interests is enI feefcled 'by the absence of any positive or any constructive policy. The matter must some day be faced, but having successfully fence:! with it for three years, the Government naturally thinks that a few mora weeks will not make much difference. It must, however, he a matter of weeks, and not mouths, for something decisive must surely i>e done before the | electors ara called upon to pronounoa ' judgment. In tha meantime the Go- | vernment is doing its best to show j that it has not forgotten the farmi ers.—- Wellington Post.