PRESS OPINIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 399, 25 April 1902, Page 3

PRESS OPINIONS.

Mr Seddop might just as well expect tjao whole of New Zealand to be of one religion, all prohibitionists, all Atheists, or all moderate drinkers, as all of one party in politics. Absurd! Kawakawa Luminary. The Commonwealth papers are doing Mr Seddon the honor to regard him as a sort of torpedo ready at any moment to blow their constitution into a thousand atoms, hnd to substitute a home-made article of his own.—Wellington Lance. If the finances of the Colony are so arranged that not only this year, but every year, there shall be a surplus of a quarter of a million from current revenue to expend on reproductive works, it will be impossible to find serious fault if threequarters of a million should be borrowed to supplement the contribution of the day in order to provide for the wants of the community.—Nelson Colonist. What will be the outcome of such an educational onactment as the suppression of child labour ? There can be but one 'conclusion jn fcjio prqsent condition of things, and that is, the mother must be the household drudge, and not only work the statutory 8 hoprs a day, but 16 or 17 hours for seven days a week, and everybody knows a mother’s night rest is often broken by the ailments of little children. —Egmont Settler. In announcing the appointment of Arthur Stanley Wohlman, M.D., as balneologist for Rotorua, the AgentGeneral seems to have been greatly im-

pressed by the applicant’s ancient lineage. ‘ The ability to trace one’s ancestry iiran , unbroken lino for 200 years may afford personal gratification, but wo are more concerned with the appointee's heritage of abilities. —Rotorua Chronicle. During Mr Seddon’s tenure of Premiership he has lifted the colony out of a veritable slough of despond, relieved the financial depression, purified the choked labor atmosphere, opened the land of the country to the settler, and in innumerable ways displayed a determination and strength of discrimination that has successfully grappled with the most difficult political problems. —Wellington Sun.