PRESS OPINION

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1925, Page 4

PRESS OPINION

.Many returned soldiers and mechanics have, at considerable sacrilice, hue with praiseworthy deteriuiniition. real-' ised that the only satisfactory and proper method of becoming a dentist was by taking the 1 Diversity course. They have done so with satisfaction to themselves and credit to the [ Diversity. Why, tlivn. should these other few individuals, with no additional claim to .Ministerial lavour. be granted -pec: a I piivilege- which would obviously not be 111 the interest of pro lie health f Dunedin "Star." It is a thoroughly sound \ iew that l lie instructional work at ptv-'iii carried out by the Department among farmers should be extended, and that graduates in agriculture should get pri icreni e in employment, it is prubi.l.lil l roe olinugli 01-o ! hat l lie impopularity of agriculture as a lecomlary school subject is the result mainly of the interior place occupied by agt iculturc m the prescriptions for multi, ulat i,,0. Bill,lie Service, and teachers' examinnl ions. But it is certainly not tile ua,' that the proper t<'action to tliis discovery, if n i- a di a-overy. is to- go to the other extreme and make agriculture a ooinpu Is-try rubj,Christchurch "Press." K capes of wild animals from a > possess a. thrill which can never he • 1111 al!< • I by escapes of prisoners front gaol or dangerous lunatics lrom custody. Probably the danger is consider:)lily aggeraled. hut it is the danger of an unknown quantity. Tie I entitle leopard which escaped from the .Auckland Zoo has aroti-cd an interest in the whole if th" Wb-t ro Spring.- district, and the combined efforts ol hunter., and lie.',let's ha ve failed t > locale i tie animal. There have been similar exciting escapes from zoos and menageries before, and tiny generally had a tame ending. 'I he ii g which escaped lrom another Auckland Zoo was eventually hailed up in a paddock by a cow. thus providing, an inglorious ending to its dash for freedom and casting a slur <ei its proverbial reputation.—‘‘New Zealand Herald." Jt is pos-ible for us in this Dominion, nit!, continued attention t > forestry. ,1 me in (Icrmany. Before the (treat \Y..r r.onnv had found time t< develop her lores! > through, scientific St nd'y ill the be-1 ii s,! ,!' forestry in tli" world. She earned an annua! in--11,111,. n| i'S' b<);:i t.U-i.'O lrom her -ale of t linker ; and s , skilful wo,. her maua.e- ---■ lreiit of the industry that the mere -!, disposed el 1"'" tII I■' ill. Ill'O e IV >l.l was round for lie < a tilings to grow. In any in: forestry scheme Here i- : T-eu,licit repro, I net ion . "Otgao Daity Times." At tho A rliit iat no, (' utrl judges the general iiiianeial and ce taouie situation, in lar as New alaml is concerned. to he sail.slartorv eu ugh lo warrant, the advance “witiion! emhai'rassing industry. raisin'.: i. appiveial.. or causing tlnemj, |. vie, ni.” 'I bis littla reminder ihtit

to iis |.p.h . ,s| of 111 illg. ll.list iC Itself lend to further raise the eo-t of living should not 1,.' overlook,"! by Ihe u age-, a, tuer ,>r Ii is bo; i,r hall at home. .Among tho'- : e wli m the Court to-day I'liii'iieratcs a- 1. avi 1 1 in the past few years had liicir wages eon.sideraMy in- , reascl and their eoic.li 1 ion.- ol einpb.y-

b'ti "tiers, and simp assistants. All increase- must he Irlle,led ill the la c-e----luild bills, pierced with a nail, deioraijug ..in' |.;i,.' i'ii v.a!ls. Dunedin "St nr." In the .North l-duel lea loiintie for tile purpose of construct ill.'' meets. to lay claim to :-11 b,u i ie- i ; all amount approximating its .-bare el the highways funds. Bill Ihe - oil hern ■■ min ii,'.- have no intent b n either of raising 100 us or , o i a ',-1 o■; 1 b,or rates. Hightly or wrongly, they lot It upon ibis main highways M-hoieo as a means of lielpng I ben, i , lie. I, th" in do I'jgliwu.vs iii order, not a- a means ol running lb, in into debt or ~1 in, reusing H'-ir expenditure in any -way. and until a way is found of a Iniiiiisiering tile scheme foot will , al.-r for the little idiosyncrasies ol the srintliern <- >m 1 1i••• it. seems likely that the Main Highways Board will I • embarrassed with South Irland funds ini' wldeh it can ti ltd no out let. " 1 ,yt! eltnu 'I nil's," It i- fair to suppn.se lhat the conjugal , Oiditjoo ol tie' people a- a whole approximates very closely lo the comld ioi.s obtaining among the workers. At the last census. taking all were unmarried and married. On ibis basis nearly one-third ol all male worker- are unmarried. It wages are to be fixed not on purely economic lines, but on a principle which assumes an "average" familv. lb,mi if tin-,, workers actually married receive a bonus in prnnort ion to the average number ~f children credited to them the unmarried and childless are bv the theory o\er paid. Profess,wily the wag" is fixed tor the support of children, hut in the ease of the unmanieil and • 1,i1,i1, - s iks„ children do not exist . The 'man without- a family receive, a boons l.emu-e an,ilber man bn- a family.--Napier “Daily Telegraph."

The eoiintry would l,e teller served in respect of bulb tpiniHiiy and ],rices

of bread supplv and grain fez the poultry indusjrv if tli" (,'ovenimcm withdrew (omoietelv. leaving- the farmers. Ibe millers, am] the merchants to attend to i lie business. P,o! 1 1 Ibe extractive ."ml Die manufacturing -i, 1 . - of tile wheat industry are amply prni.cei-

ed by the Customs lari/f. and ibai pooii , f asi -tan, r should be given a fair iriiM. Kxnorience has ceriaioly p,rove,l Dial p., lilies liate tailed |,> stimulate wheiii-grnw ing. "N.Z. 11, raid."

While Tl.ere is pl.mtv ..I it..,',. :i Vtlnl,le in A'.terit ;i. I v.e t ~nhl t .r. .I,:tMy horr.e.v :invi liiii: 1 it.;!,i twriny ! , fitly mill ii ;|; - :: i that . • nel IV. I)■.• l, - !-. to little I i I :' •! i 111:: I, I Ilf I,ur being nhle t• • iti.'ll'ket ,111- ]>io:;111. •- In tile I'liiteil Suite'., that vve .should !,e ivilie a millstone around mil- leeks ii we at tempt '•;! borrowing operations , a an exten-ive i seal,- from mtr Amorii an friend-. 'lie I old proverb. ••Mattel, slowly." slioiiM I 'ii' 1 1 if- (; i»\-i-r n i ii, •! 11 '> in it;., at this ! singe oi its <!M'.U'!I,,.. We cCiiainlv cannot L'O oil expending at ! !'•'• rate of -SfiJlOd.bOb per tiimtni) ■ n fn1 I>li,1 >li,- tvi titfor very 1.me..... ■ 'M;i wat a Kv, niug Standard.” Th“ l.alainr Party is still p: •simiaMy pledged to fight i!;e int lodni 1 ion of j tin* ani! art ioital re ar i • sf*i 1 1 a t ion system, a method that is imimfe-tly mi-tii;ahle to New Zenbinil (-aid i: ions, Iml slnmM the apparent ieml any to only two parties lie reali-i d their enthusiasm would he wasted, since timp;n'tiiinal i rpre'i. illation ■inimt operate unless there is a mill! ipiii ity of parties. I;, lan. the chief oliiect inn to it is t.Tiai it i- more tween political rrmns than with the (Diet it at ioi! of efiit i • -:', t legislature- and stable wovi i iaiic"! -.. --".Vev. /ealatii! TTeraid." hy the same system as trade', hut that J is nn reason v.hv the pr.i-r.ective farm- J or should not ( •.immeiu e his prnctiitil experience armed with all that science I can imtiart regarding the m ini-joles upon which the industry is ha.-cd. It rentage of f.• 11 1<Iiiif am iciiluirisis will 1,6 tilde to take advantage of the courses pro]Mi-ed. h;;t the value it would train men t i become instructors, who would disseminate their knowledge throughout the eouniry.—Ashburton ‘‘Guardian.”