Newspaper Notions

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 55, 20 July 1901, Page 6

Newspaper Notions

THK money in the colony belongs to the people, and should primarily be used to furnish them with employment Therefore, it is proposed to introduce a clause in the Conciliation Act to compel every moneyed man to invest a portion of his capital in industrial enterprise. — Auckland "Observer. " • ♦ » Has not Captain Russell worn the late Queen's unifoim ? If so, why should he object to Mr. Seddon or Sir Joseph Ward wearing the King's* s—Napier5 — Napier "Telegraph." • ♦ ♦ The Royal smiles and the wine of Imperialism have evidently gone to the head of the Premier, and his ambitions for the present appear to be altogether above the small things of the colony. — Lawience 'Times." • • • Australia, does not press New Zealand to join the Federation, but before very long the colony will find that isolation has disadvantages as well as advantages. Even legislative independence can be bought at too great a, price. — Sydney "Telegraph " • • • Those good people who see immorality in dancing should at least carefully overhaul their own stock of virtues and vices. They might not improbably find one of the latter which they could advantageously exchange for the social "hop." — Christchurch "Spectator." • • • The Premier has been so remarkably successful in the multitudinous tasks he has undertaken that it will take nothing from his reputation to say that as Minister of Defence he has not maintained the reputation of his Ma&cotte. — Carterton "Leader." • » » It is inexplicable that, upon almost every other topic under the sun except Ireland, a broad and enlightened view is invariably given by our public writers They either do not, or will not, understand the Irish question. — New Zealand "Tablet." • * ♦ The Military Department is the great Muddle Department of the State, simply because there are a lot of men in responsible positions who have no authority whatever there is no system, no organisation, and none is attempted. - — Waverley '"Press." • ♦ * There can be no two opinions that our conditions in regard to coping w ith the ravages of fire are of a kind that need much remedying. The events of a recent date prove that beyond the shadow of a doubt.— Ashburton Standard." » » » It is in ycais to come, when our successors look back to the present day with a judgment unblinded by petty jealousies and personal animosities that the services of this Government will be appreciated They have done much to make the colony the pride of its people. — Waimate ''Witness " • * * Suffice it to say that the sooner some of these noodleheads of justices (w ho are often compelled for their business sake to make a farce and curse of the law) are hoisted off the judicial bench, the sooner a gieat many classes of crime, now on the increase, will be minimised. — Taieri "Advocate." • ♦ ♦ Annexing the Cook Islands to New Zealand is sumplv a fleabite in comparison to joining the big and lusty Au.stlahaii Commonwealth, and it is only the jealous\ and fear of loss of prestige that, has induced the Seddon Ministiy to throw cold water on proposed federation schemes — Tapanui "Courier " • * ♦ The outlook for New Zealand is a bright and hopeful one, and whilst we may, and undoubtedly shall, have periods of depression and slight reactions from time to time, we may rest assured that the pa.stoial industries of the colony will always pro\ c its salvation Gisboine 'Times." » * • To put it biicflv the erstwhile leadei of the Opposition had to trumpet abroad his own death-knell We haw no doubt that it will be conceded that the course adopted by the Opposition will be found to be the best in the mtriosts ot both parties. — A&hburton Standard."

The country does not want the customary avalanche of Parliamentary verbosity, but some hon&st work. It remains to be seen what it will get. — Marlborough "Express." • • • Although we admit that the Opposition have done some good for the colony, we recognise that the majority of tho people are better off to-day under the present Government than they could possibly have been had the other party been m office. — Manaia "Witness." • • • So far as those opposed to the present Government are concerned, they are satisfied that the highest praise they can elicit from the slavish supporters of the Government, is the villification with which they have been so plentifully bespattered of late. — Palmerston "StandThe present Legislature, at least so far as the Lower House is concerned, has in it all the elements of independence and strength, and those elements will be consolidated and shaped by degrees till a better and more powerful Opposition will take the place of that which has gone. — Nelson "Mail." • » ♦ The flow of "five bobs" from the Australian public will in no way be checked or diminished by the ill-advised decision of the authorities to prohibit Tattersail's sweeps. Australia is the greatest racing centre going, yet. at the same time, we mingle our love for sport with the worst form of hypocrisy. — Adelaide "Critic." • • • The Prince w ould have bored us, and we should have bored him; but, with the Princess in the tableau, nobody is bored, and everybody is pleased. Therefore, we are of the opinion that the Prince's special title of honour is the privilege of being the husband of the most fascinating Princess. — Masterton "Times." • ♦ » The idea that the labour legislation, as it is called, has been a prominent factor in the satisfactory progression of the colony is one of the delusions of ignorance. It is not in any case a formidable factor. It has neither made New Zealand's fortunes nor can it destroy them. It is not more than a nuisance and a drag. — Inglewood 'Record." • • • When the Australian colonies have settled matters among themselves, and have got into proper working order, it will be time enough for New Zealand to again consider the question of federation. In the meantime it is better to take the risk of any unfriendly action on the part of Australia. — Gisborne "Times." • • • The question of the inclusion of New Zealand as a State in the Commonwealth is by no means settled — it only stands over, say, for a decade. Meanwhile, we can cultivate cordial friendship. A commencement may well be made by putting our postal relations, which to-day are neither common sense nor friendly, on a common-sen.se basis. — Melbourne "Argus." • • • It is a fair tiling to expect from parties that they should ask the electors? to accept only capable men -not necessarily brilliant men, but men of good character, common sense, and the ability to express their views intelligibly. A party should be ashamed to have identified with it men who do not possess these primary qualificatons. — Sydney "Sunday Times." • * • The Right Hon. the Premier is an ardent admirer of pomp and circumstances, a stickler for etiquette, and a martinet in the matter of Court attire. So far as distinction is concerned, he is already something better than a knight, and if he has declined the prefix "Sn" it is perhaps because he imagines* that ere long it will grow into a "Lord," an "Earl," or a "Baron." — Wanganui "Chronicle." • ♦ # This session the One Man's burden is made all the greater by the still further self-effacement of the party whose services to the colony are being onry recognised now that it has thrown the full onus of the good government of the colony upon the shoulders of those whose thirst for power was insatiable, and who are now regarding ' their new-found possessions with that apprehension born of conscious incapacity. — Gore "Ensign." • • * With no Opposition m, existence, and no enthusiasm an j where for the Government—for the Government, without being in any way actively discredited, is now hopelessly "stale," and political interest resolves itself into a grey dullness which infects the ordinary citizen, and renders the perusal of the lobby titt'e-tattJe as unreadable as are (now) tho columns which recorded the progress through the colony of their Ro\al Highnesses (he Duke and Duchess of Yoik. — Naseby "Chronicle."

JOHN HUTCHESON AS THE MAN OF PEACE.