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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1497, 4 July 1905, Page 3

We would that wo could feel secure in the confidence that tbo youth of to day in our own centres of population were coming their oyes and their thoughts towards the land, and not to the desk, the counter, and the factory. England would never have been what sho is as a colonising Power hnd not her strength and backbone in the pint been that sturdy body of yeomanry'who ucw, alas! have woll-nigh perished from the lard.—Dun-din Star. Everyone hates a child who a?ks tiresome or sbly questions, but there is no reason why ho should not bo trained to rsU sonsiblo ores, and tbo development of this i pirifc of intelligent inquiry should be one of the principal aims of our educational system.—Wanganui Heia-d.

Mr Seddon’s opponents cannot dissociate him from the High Comruisiionership, the suggestion being that— as it has nos been specifically staged that Mr Beeves will occupy the position for the full term, which is three years —the cx-Agent-General will be nothing more than '* a warming pan fer the Premier in tho event of certain things happening at the General Elections. Thi3 is not very complimentary to Mr Beeves. —Blenheim Express. A general may find it easier to deal with the enemy outside his fortifications than with u mutiny inside, and Mr Seddon is in the position of a leader who has fto keep hia powder dry for the foe outside as well us for the fco inside. Tho foe inside may purposely leave unguarded a weak_ position which may be stormed and carried by the foe outside, and a general massacre caay follow.—Oaraam Times.