Newspaper Notions

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 61, 31 August 1901, Page 18

Newspaper Notions

MODERN employcis have degenerated into meie pa^eis of wages. Waimate ' Witness " « * » England is feeding 2."iO,000 .solcheis and (>3,000 lofugecs m Safnca, and 80,000 paupers at Home — Svdne\ Tmth " Eserv diovcr and ploughman can conduct a paper better than a paper has evei been conducted bcfoie — Dunodin "Tablet." If the S'eddon Government were to be ejected from office to-morrow the colo'iv would he the better for it m six months' time — Gore Ensign ♦ # * The pctitioncis against the Factories and Shop Houis Bills, in noting the success that is crowning their efforts, ate son> now they did not work harder against pi evious Laboui Bills. — Auckland "Obsciver " It is the duty of the Go\ eminent to piotect and to assist mdustiy, but not to enter into competition with the people — for the\ are elected "of the people, bv the people, for the people " -Caiteiton 'Observer," on State Coal mines ♦ » • Fearful of runnin- the ship of State, on the rocks of financial disaster the Premier is however now crying "Peccaw," and has decided that "Festina lento" slia'l be his guiding principle as C olonial Treasurer in the future. So mote it be — Inglewood "Record" ♦ * * Down the Coast, at busy times, the gerual slop goes into the bar and helps to ladle out beci, and if jou aie thirsty when the house happens to be shut he takes his latch-key and you can soon have anything you like. That is what we call sociability. —Hastings "Bulletin." If any stubborn fool chooses to rail at this candid papei as pro-Boer, he is perfectly at liberty to divert himself in that silly way. The Clipper is as loyal as any paper in the Commonwealth — to Australia fust and after that to Britain. But it would be better foi a freo and honest lace to rise on the ashes of Butain to-moiiow than for the Empue to he peipetuated by acts of injustice and cruelty and rapine. — Hobart "Clipper " We can assuie the Woodwlle "E\aminei" that politically we stand to-day where we ha\e always stood, and we wil aluaAS be found advocating and supporting progressive Liberal principles and clean administration. Finalh,we would achnc our harmless old friend to clear away the moss and reach out into the broad sunlight of independence and liberty — Pahiatua "Herald " ■* -k + It the Colonial Tieasuicr piesents in one aspect 'the piodigal son," he depict f in the othei "the piudent, thrifty son ' If am one wants money the piodigal son will be trotted out but if anyone daios to say that things are in a had wav then the piudent, thnfty son will make reply. The Colonial Tu\usuier is equal to the occasion and h.ts us eithei wav — Masterton 'Times" • • • That ne\ei in the histoiy of New Zea'and weie its public affaiis so well handled , its finances so sound and elastic, 01 its people so piospeious as a whole, as the\ aie to-day. What moie do the Opposition and their fnends want Would they like a return of the "depiesMon" which hung like a pall o\ ci New Zealand foi se^ral years dining which the Consen atn es he'd the leins of ofh(e and all but hi ought the colon\ to a state or national and pn\ ate bankiupto ' J — Wanganui 'Chiomcle " Mr Seddon is waimh complimented b> the "Aigus" on his lunpet-hke qualit\ in sticking to office We all leniember when the ' Aigus" was a ravening enem\ of Seddon, when it insisted without irscrvation that Seddonism must dine capital out of New Zealand, ciush all industry, and ruin everybody ,<nd e\ en thing Seddon's socialism, i i<-te,id of bunging financial chaos has cone hand-m-hand with prosponU and it is only fair to judge a statesman b\ lesults Tf SVddon's polics has not made 1 M.ionland piospeious lie is woith ten ( imi ' hi ni( e\ to the countiy if only as the most marvellous Mascotte oi luck-bringei e\ei heard of. —Melbourne "Punch."

We might abolish the Legislative Council It was never any use , it has been the lion in the path of reform through all the days of its deplorable existence — Hobart "Clipper." . * * It l 1l 1 - alleged that agitators in New Zealand actually poimote tioublo in the diffeient trades so that they may get employ meat in conciliation courts and in the flood of litigation —Sydney "Mail." On all fours with the objection ot certain tender-hearted individuals to the d<>-hoining of cattle, an agitation is about to begin against the detailing of lambs, the boiling of cravhs.li to death, and the eating of oysters alne — Foildmg "Star." Theie aie so many laws in New- Zoalmd that a strangei is veiv much in the position of a man in a daik gariet, he never knows when he is going to step cm a loo«e board that will fly up and hit him m the- eye — Sydney "Newsletter * * * An adveitisement, appearing in a New Zealand paper, read to the fol'owing effect — "Blankyblank.At Bankside, South America, on July 29th, the wife of John Blankvblank, Ksq , of a son, by nble " Comment hei eon is prohibited — Kllesmere "Guradian " If all of those who ar^ opposed to Seddonism organise, as Seddomsm has oigamsed, the Premiers long reign will be over But if such a party is to spnng into existence, headed by stiong men, it is time to sound the war-crvfor the next election — Napiei "Hoi aid * * * Suspicious, however, as we always ha\e. been of Seddonian finance, we feel confident that so long as the countiy and the people are sound, healthy, and piogrcssive, no Ministry and no party can^ permanently cripple us. — Queonstow n ' Mail " * * * Chnst church 'Truth" sa\s —"Political trickery is the Piemier's tmmp caid and he has played it for all it is worth of late in connection with the financial position of the colony " The Premier will probably letoit that in tins case "Truth" is a misnomei — Mastciton "Star" # How is this for a bull — "Manukau Chronicle" "Many of our ancient warriors weie mere human butchers, who swam or waded to the shores of fame through rivers of their or their countrymen's blood" A warnor swimming in' his own blood would bo worth seeing. — Hastings "Bulletin " * * * Here we go in from year to year, receiving the congratulations of thewoild on our prudent finance and oui balances on the right side of the ledger, and then, with singular hypocrisy, thrust oui tongue in our cheek and authorize the inevitable loan without which we cannot pay our way. — -Auckland "Observer " * * ■*• Had the Duke of Cornwall and York been taught m.isonn , for instance, he need nc\ei be shoit of mallets and tiowels after his Australian M^it Should the New Zealand and Canadian <-onvomrs travel on similar lines, the next industiial exhibition in London should contain a display of stonemasons' and bncklaveis" tools unequalled since the building of the Pyramids — London "Sport" Wo are informed from Capetow n ot sevoiaJ sanquinaiv battles which have taken place between the regulai and colomaJ troops of the British army in South Africa. Those bloody conflicts arise through English officers treating officers of the co'onial contingents with great contempt " — Rotterdam "Vieuo Cou\ ant " Theie aie not more than half a do/ion niembeis of the House who could cuticle oui finances intelligently if they tried They lose themselves in and and trackless deserts of woids They talk of eveiv subject under the qm under the moon under the stais — mn<-t of their speeches smack stionglv of the moon — Chnstchurch ' Press " Mr. Seddon lemarked that if the Government finance was to be interfeied with by nie.sponsible members the Government could not with self-respect retain their seats on the Tieasuiy benches, and he would not allow- Captain Russell 01 anyone else to assume lesponsibihtv in respect to the public finances What lot I—Pahiatua1 — Pahiatua 'Heiald." * ♦ * To giatily hei vanity the "new woman" destroys the unborn, and even often runs the risk of destroying hei•self Woman's true function is multiplication and replenishment, and am legislation which inteifeies with and dneits hei attention fiom hei natutal office is to be lepiobated Tlieietoie, we cannot help thinking that the female franchise was a mistake — Vvailu "Telegraph."