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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 335, 8 February 1902, Page 3

Anyone who has watched the career of the Premier knows perfectly well that private enterprise has never received the slightest consideration at his hands, and that if private enterprise stood in the way of the carrying out of his schemes he would use all the power of the State to crush it. —Wellington Post.

It is notorious that juries are unwilling to convict, and sometimes absolutely refuse to do so, where, iu their opinion, the law provides a penalty out of proportion to the offence. Magistrates, it appears, arej following suit, and particularly is this noticeable in regard to the licensing law. —Hawera Star.

In proportion to this colony’s force, the Commonwealth should send ten thousand men, but Mr Chamberlain displays singular wisdom in not asking for such a draft from such a man as Mr Barton. — Hamilton Times. Colonel Davies is to be commended for the firm position he took up in connection with the selection of officers. It shows that he is entirely beyond any influence, and that the primary consideration is to render the contingent as efficient and worthy representatives of the colony’s loyalty. —Thames Advertiser. Talk of a happy eoinoidonce! A widower on an outback station, up North, recently got married again, and received by the same steamer bride-cake for No. 2 and a tombstone for the grave of No. 1. —Sydney Bulletin.

It is uot Great Britain so much as it is the race instinct that compels us to hold together for weal or woe. The day seems to be rapidly coming when the people who speak the one mother tongue will have to act as policemen for the world at large, irrespective of creed, colour, or conditions of men.—Greymouth Argus.