WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Evening Star, Issue 14931, 18 July 1912, Page 1

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Under the new conditions, there should ha no difficulty in deciding whether an estate is interfering with, 'settlement or not. It 15 interfering with settlement if it is not carrying" tha largest pop*vlat-ion it -will support. This, as we hav© eaid before, is a question of men and women, not of meat and wool, and if the Prima Minister and his friends answer it in the right way we shall be the very Last to gibe them with their tardy conversion or to repro.ich them with their past heresies. As Jong as the Liberal policy is kept in, if we may be- permitted to paraphrase an historic Frying, we shall have no wiah to i kc-op its former opponents out.- —' Lyttelton Times.' * * * If the majority question could be I brought to a straight-out isene in the present Honr-e, it would, judging front the pledges given at election time, probably be found th::t the bare majority has the support of less than 25 per cent, of the members, but that a reduction of the majority needed to carry No-licenee ot Prohibition from 60 or 55 per cent, would. be carried with a- substantial margin. The Prohibitionists might attain their object by giving a quid pro quo in order to j get this reduction carried, but we are of | opinion that it would be unwise to interI fere with the existing lav.- on that point.— I Wellington ' Post.' I * * ■* It will be infinitely better for every- \ body concerned that the political influence ! he -eliminated and that the Public Service j should no longer be a place where every i political pet ran obtain an eaey job, but it must become an avenue, of employment where the same efficiency shall he demanded as is required in the sphere of private enterprise. This will b© demanded, for we believe that the Reform Government can be relied upon to carry out their reformative measures into every nook and corner of the Public Service.~~ Hokitika 'Times.' * * » We have always advocated national defence and compulsory military tTaininp, be we hold strongly that the olairna of the system must be, kept within reasonable bounds, on the pecuniary as well as the official side, and therefore, among other reasons, we hope that the Government will not allow themselves to be induced to adopt the modification or reconstruction of our cadet system on thelines apparently approved by General Baden-Powell and the Commandant of the New Zealand Forces.—Auckland 'Star.' * •* * Whatever may bo the, result of the Education Commission's work, we hope that the public of New Zealand will see to it that the system is reformed in such a. way that it will no longer constitute a serious menace to the health of the community. The practice of spending hundreds of thousands a year on a. system which gives a very imperfect mental equipment and at the same time sows tha seeds of physical disease and Buffering. involving a loss of many hundreds of thousands of pounds more, is wholly tinworthy of a presumably sane people.— Christchurch ' Press.' * # * The Federation of Labor hn.ve only to involve Labor in this country in one foolish enterprise like the Brisbane tramway strike to kill Labor politically for half a. generation. We are convinced that Labor has no intention of allowing the Federation to increase, their influence, and that Mr Petnple and his colka.pi«> will experience still colder douches than I tint administered by a number of powerI fn! unions in reply to the Federations ( request for assistance -for the Waihi tinkers.—Southland ' Times.' * * * It would be well if all those persons whose livelihood or whose interests are bound up « 'i the t, taufi poii< \ took stock of the situation and made commoi u-, f r the pirp >• oi snp.x>rtu g Mi I i = lit Ixth in C linnet md Pari n cut n i pi mi the tar fi with i mcv n ' t i n h m tie efferme prote tion th">n ii/ flo-ds A tne p-i r rt tme Ihri-t hun.li \r s * * « \\ n1- < r ' ->'] wl frn n K t"c It u f \1 n mpn n ent as M ri->ter ef hj t l 1 tin i hope tn it he \ l i n>-ti iu "f f ri« in 1 s /-jfj Lrtn nt li hj \ 11 in pic ■• thr rr^in ,; "t(n ird mm: itr -, fulre«. bv iboli'-mir n u b of the for mil ** r ,n cH ir> \ hi i v s I ecn o rt n iti admi i=tnnm the p-i<-' fr \r •< id \hi hj n u<4 hi\-> nln i K ( t tti' c u itn a prrtt\ pci in -Ti ptli Time * * » li Ui cr c i thf honif of humruj- a i i .1" ik b ng feu J b\ tie -nun nWi» i rst Will riti i the i nlicatiiK t i \in i ir « j f-r rn hj n-' tnt the r <'i t i= f ih< i m <•! d] irs \h > « ipp it t n r rn met n M <huf t> t una Itr -ti bus <■ 1t1" rin i-- I •< 'fu i r \ m t rrs Jii n, r r&vhed t v s Ira mNf A Umi hi tr en here there * ~l\ ( mU t» -it tU ji nt\ of the 1-i <p m %\\ u'd hi iv <-'' nd tt * t , rticio i r Id f r him m em ii r nliiopirl i c df ii ca ti i ie k <\ i nrg i l 1 <■ molt > land ' N ft ■» * fl pr - Ml t ] \ or t ■> \ il i ■■ \ir V T s }*• | j j it It i is t \r w<~ t ( \fr 1e u tii t\ icr i» ) ! ir it' (i J<tt t ic r* isi ill \ r i ] tn. lo i r r M v i f r li ji i in d lor i L I id Übf 1 m iJ7u Ue i t r j f - i . 1 -)- it « i i \i n r j n u (om i 1 i t i 7 mtcrt-st, or i t i«i ot L 97 S-, if to i <; , i ( trci f \ r t tie «t *• i frf r i lenr riticn, anl n e\ 11 i, t ou- r\ t r I - jr- th m t , i i 1 r r ! 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