PRESS COMMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 July 1927, Page 4

PRESS COMMENTS

A-. long as there i> in the Dominion a single dangerous railway crossing which the Department could make less langci mis or entirely safe, with or without the help of local bodies, who iiinsi also share responsibility, so long is the Department is shirking responsibility : and any attempt to throw the whole burden of responsibility on motorists’ shoulders is unjust.—Clirisl- . liurdi " Sun.”

Tin- response by the public to Die appeal for voluntary subscriptions I>r the unemployed has been very goner: us all through the Dominion, and in many cases these donations represent deductions from wages bv those in regular

employment who consider it tail' Hat they should assist those less to: lunal- ly placed. The Government's .subsidy is assisting the local authorities, but a great deal remains to be done if the men out of work, and their dependants, are kept from want until the market improves again. The winter lias a long way to go yet. and the strain on the resources ol the municipalities will be heavy. ••Southland Times.”

Kunil eofust ituencies will gnv.v ill area and diminish in power in spite of the “country quota,” as the population changes swells the cities. The problem to-day has to he stated in terms of South Island disabilities, but the farmer of the North Island has to recognise that he is threatened also, and unless ho combines with his colleague of the South Island to amend the legislation now in operation he will find himself the utter slave of the political machines of the towns. New Zealand will always he chiefly concerned with the primary industries and the heaviest weight of votes Hi the popular chamber should bo representative of tbo.se interests which have to do with the land. That is why the electors, who now may see no danger to themselves, must look ahead and put' up their protective works while they arc yet powerful enough to do so.—“ Southland Times."