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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 940, 13 July 1903, Page 1

There are no millionaires in JMaoriland, and never can be while the present policy is continued. There are ’also no unemployed to speak of. The average standard of comfort is higher than anywhere else in the .world.—Hobart Clipper. We believe in the right of every person who" takes up land from the .Government to choose the tenure be likes best, or that we arc entirely and utterly opposed to the “ eternal lease ”■ system. Palmerston Standard, There can be no question but that colonies throughout the world are ready, to grant preference to British trade and uphold the Empire.—Hamilton Argus. With what strained attention all the civilised nations of the earth are now listening to the hubbub aroused by Mr Chamberlain’s fiscal proposals. The nod of a British statesman shakes the world.-Strat-ftrd Post. It is often stated that the socialistic legislation in New Zealand is a pronounced success, but as a fact ■that cannot be said with any truth. It lias worked very indifferently even in the days of her prosperity it has not been tried by the stress and storm of adversity, which doubtless would have the effect of dissipating the bright anticipations of its promoters—Melbourne Table Talk. ,We cannot, of course, vouch for the accuracy of Mr Vaile’s arguments and deductions, but sufficient is selfevident on the face of it to prove that the railways are not giving the return claimed for them by the Department. New Plymouth Herald. Mi Vaile’s work is worthy of wider recognition than it gets.—Tara--naifi Budget. Kfnerring to the printing business, with which we are naturally familiar, we can state that Unionism and the Labor legislation have literally “ knocked out ” all the old men.—Christchurch. Spectator. In the early days of his official life, the Premier was, in a fine spirit of self-reliance, against permitting the English money-lenders to get hold of our debentures, but he relented, and indeed has let them have more than any other Treasurer who was ever in office; Hawera Star,