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Hokitika Guardian, 9 October 1925, Page 3

Tlic general public cannot go oit paying for the lolly or selfishness of am group oi men in an essential indu.strv w bo choose to bold the industry up, and to the extent to which there is deliberate malice in this hold-up as well as folly and selfishness the Government must act promptly and strongly. Nor is it necessary to point out that it is not settling a dispute to bribe one side or the other to cease lighting. The duty of t be Government at the stage is to protect the public and not aid ill its further victimisation and it is a very unpleasant duty in a dispute in winch the avowed provocation conies from the other side ot the world.—Christchurch “ Press.”

If employers consider that fourteen years of age is old enough for an apprentice to begin to learn his trade. H cannot he said that they are altogether incompetent judges on the subject. .Moreover, the argument that many parents cannot afford to keep their children at school till they are approaching sixteen years ol age is certainly not trivial. I n general terms it may lie said that, because school is not an equally nrotitable place lor all young people, there must always be a proportion of them to whom a prolongation of the school period would bring no real benefit.— " Otago Daily Times.”