Press Opinions:

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 526, 24 September 1902, Page 1

Press Opinions:

Mr Muir, in his circular to School Committees, cast strong rellections upon a certain [body of teachers, branding them as inferior teachers and wiro pullers. The teachors attacked, very naturally and, we think, properly replied to tho charges made against them ; and their method of reply, namely by an open letter in tbo newspapers, was a straightforward and above board one. —Dargaville Bell. It is well known by tho Irish race throughout the world that tho King, during tbo life-time of his mother, was a sympathiser in the aspirationsof the Irish Nationalist party, and an admirer of Mr Gladstone and Parnell. His interest was manifested b,y a constant attendance in tho Peers’ gallery in the House of Commons on tho occasions when great speeches were delivered on Irish questions by Uludstono and Parnell.—Sydney Freeman's Journal.

It becomes increasingly evident that at the present tiuio South Africa is not likely to offer much inducement to tho hardiest of pioneers, unloss lie have the command of capital and can afford to wait. —Wellington Post. Yet again, with amazing persistence, has Major Stewart submitted his Elective Executive proposal to tho tender mercies of tho House, and oneo again ho has suffered defeat. —Invercargill Times. There may be a political point in Mr Duncan’s proposal that a select committee of ton members bo set up to inquire into tho frozen meat export trade, and the prices obtained in tho North and South Island, but there is little else.—Oamaru Times.

Outside of a very small handful of persons the people of New Zealand have every confidence that Fiji is being enabled to work out its own salvation under tho existing system much better than it could if politically tacked on to Now Zealand. — N.Z. Horaid.

It is not altogether impossible for a man to bo a great leader on sea as well as on land. Ciesar was. Nor is it impossible for such a genius to be born in the line of a royal houso. But it was probably a mistake for tho German Emperor to win as glorious a victory in the naval manoeuvres as in the military, for it cannot add to his prestigo abroad. One we might have believed in, but two look very much as though they were both “ made in Germany.” But, behind all this swordplay, in which politic generals and nd mirnls court favor by being beaten with seeming difficulty, is the danger that the Kaiser is not so much imposing upon bis public, with deliberate intent and purpose, as imagining himself to be a wonderful and irresistible strategian, beside whom the great Frederick’s fame would pale. If the latter is true, and wild as it may seem it is quite possible, it is not a pleasant prospect for Germany. Infatuation in a ruler is always a national misfortune, but an infatuation which took such a form might easily lead a self-satisfied people to

the depths of despair, as Kruger's infatuation led the Boors.—Auckland Herald. A decrease in imports may mean thatthe people have not the same spending power as formerly. As local indusiries are not altogether nourishing, this can hardly bo the case. Now Zealand's- labor legislation is a strong deterrent to tho progress of industries or the establishment of Others.—Grey town Standard. The fact is that the State fire insurance, like other well meant, on the surface, promising projects for the benefit of the public, will not bear close examination.— Blenheim Exp css. The Public Works Statement i.~ to bo debated in the House on Tuesday Upon what will the debate turn ? Will a stand be made on behalf of a. Public Works policy -which will have m it the elements of common-sense, or are

we in have the frittering, wasteful methods to which we have itcen accustomed continued with no more than a formal protest ? For leisurely perusal of Mi l-lall-.Jones' presentation of the Works intentions of the Government eau oulv convince any intelligent reader of the Eamentahic Licit, that it is a compilation of absurdities which would be laughed out of lbs room by anv Board of Directors entrusted, in

private life, with the control of sue;, great and extensive interests. The director who would treat such proposals seriously would be regarded as unlit to have charge of a mis service, much less to have authoritative voice in tlie management of the varied ami important enterprises now in the hands of the .State. Even it the colony were insolvent, such wretched . pptnpriatious as those set down for works impcr.uivelv called for would he indefensible, seeing tb.il it would ,ie obviously wiser national policy to push even’ a single work to a profitable conclusion than to waste expenditures bv scattering them so widely that nothing effective could be accomplished. —(New Zealand Herald, j