Press Opinions.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 284, 10 December 1901, Page 1

Press Opinions.

“ The right thing to do with the liquor traffic is to eradicate it,” sententiously says a Sydney teetotal light. True—and that is also hie proper riling io do with Original Sin. —Sydney Bulletin. It is a pity that the only way left by which we can end the war is r.o overwhelm those wretched guerilla bands once and for all, and give peaceful and honest settlers a chance to pursue (heir avocations in quietness and safety.—Greymouth Argus. Briefly they are that if a member cr Minister he fairly paid, he ought 1o make provision for his family in case of his death exactly as other men not of the “ three obols ” trade have to do.—Napier Telegraph.

Probaoly nothing but good will result from the union of agricultural institutions consummated at the conference held at Auckland this week. The want of unity has been keenly felt in the past, and though we do not suppose that the Farmers’ Union is going to perform all the wonders that Mr Glass believes it to he capable of, it will at any rate provide a substantial groundwork for the future. 'I he crudities of its present constitution will gradually be eliminated, and by-and-bye we shall probably have a homogeneous organisation animated by a really intelligent spirit above the reach of. party wire-pullers, and devoted to the promotion of those great interests of the State in Which every thoughtful and progressive colonist is wrapped up.—Waikato Times. One of the most useful functions the Farmers’ Union could perform is to make arrangements for the economical distribution of fruit grown in the North of Auckland. We were told by a large grower of oranges and lemons in the Whangarei district that last year lie allowed most of his oranges and lemons (of fine quality, too !) to rot on the trees. —Palmerston Standard.

As the honorarium of members is for the future to he increased, it would be advisable to retrench by reducing the number of members by about twenty. While there is no apparent objection to naming one’s religion in a census paper, many people do so either na.ltleartedlv, or reluctantly or vaguely and inaccuratelv. Thus, it is perhaps impossible to arrive at any true data regarding the various ramifications ot sect, especially in connection with the smaller denominations or unbelief. Nelson Mail.

The extreme richness of this French New Guinea gold find may he gathered from the fact that one seeker collected as much as 1401 b avoidupois weight of gold in a fortnight, while several others have found as much as from 30lb to 801 bof the yellow metal.Napier Telegraph. Notwithstanding elaborate tables and Treasury reports, the financial position of the colonv presents a problem difficult of solution. No complete balance-sheet is ever submitted, and the total liabilities' involved m the floating debt are never explicitly set forth.—Dunedin Star.

Adelaide is studded over with private hospitals, and it is high tune that an investigation of their work should he made. If a thorough investigal'ion were made, some alarming disclosures would also he made,—Adelaide Quiz. _