Newspaper Notions

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 63, 14 September 1901, Page 6

Newspaper Notions

THK Piemiei, like all wa\oiers, clianges Ins mind and speeches from da_\ to dav — Imoitaigill ''Times " * * * Lot the. woman's lights agitator de- \ ot<* her attention to the 1 eat ing of good sons, and in a feu years hoi sex wi'l not desne to usuip mci's positions, but will be content with then management — Manaia ' Witness " The tiue einpeioi, autoeiat, is tie man who controls the greatest heap of cash, and lie stands behind the other old-fashioned species of king, ajid works the figure 1 according to his eapnee Napiei ' Heiald '" The flour trust is simph making a haul at the expense of the people of New Zealand, and it is in the power of the Premiei to at once put on the screw by lowenng the duty on imported whedit and flour, a proceeding which would quickly bring the millers to then senses - Wairoa 'Guardian " * * * There is an old adage that moiio^ sa\ed is inonev earned, " and, consideimg the aheady unbeaiable magnitude of tlie buidens of some of the taxpaveis of the colony it beho\ es the heads of our legislature to use a ceitain amount of circumspection eie they dole out the troasuiial plums from the G!o\ eminent coffers — Carterton "Observer " * * * In a free countiy we are to see a tied pi ess, and editors toning clown reports, minimizing crime and disgiace, allowing scoundiels to go unchecked, ba.se politicians to pose unexposed, and drunkenness, gambling, and a thousand o\ lls to iear triumphant heads foi want of a strong critic and a wholesome feai of public indignation Tiuh our democratic country is an example of legislation gone mad - Kllesmeie ' Guaidian "

Is gd.stiitis, fiom which Mi. Napiei is sufteimg, anothci foim of heiy invective- We weie ah aid he would take something senous aftei tli.it speech - Auckland Obt.fi vci " Hawklet heais tliat P R Dix has l)iu chased Wellington Choial Hall Soon the music al-hall magnate oi Maoiiland will be disputing tlie owneislup of the islands with Piemiei Dick Scddon — Adelaide Quiz " Go to a football match m the cit\ and get among the hunch eds of haiemsoaiums who inevitably foim the gieat aimy of "bariackeis," and one can hear such obscene and uttciU senseless lemarks that would bung to the blush the most hardened disciple of Bacchus -Taien Advocate " • * * New Zealand eleven es a bad name so long as it peimits bad to become woise b\ refusing to admit that it is bad This specious opposition to the bill will nob ay ail in any Legislatuie which keeps a level head Inveicaigill Times" on Young Peisons Piotection Bill • * # Labour legislation has been the gieat sheet anchor of the ship of State for tho last nine or <"en yeais but, on the old principle that all abuses ultimateh right themselves, the laboui laws aie being dm en forwaid to an extent that aJaims even the most ardent well-wish-ers of tiade unionism — Gievmouth Aigus " But when the lean dajs, which Scddon and Company deny can ever return overtake us once more, a.s must mrutablv happen soonei or latei in the natuie of things, despite the most wise Government, the shoe will pinch overmuch and discontent will be loudei than inor However, the piophet of evil is ne\ ci believed Let us theiefoie cdt drink and be morn, for the monow - --('hnstchurch "Truth " * * * Piemier Seddon isn't going to attend the C'oionation next a ear unless* it is agreed that this time there will be no sordid row about the expenses and he is going to 'lav certain pioposals befoie the House of Representatives for the proper maintenance of his digmt-\ when abroad " His dignity the pomp of his paunch and his embroidciod coattul, and his cocked hat and his 11 10 unifoim and his ridiculous swotd To think that a one-time "Demociat should come to this' Sydney Bulletin ''

Onl> two characteristics are necessary to be member of the Government sido of the House of Representatives — a bad memoiy and a tough conscience. — Clinstchurch 'Truth." The process of bursting up political bdi gains has begun, and the Premier is having a trying time, and will be glad to get away to the Coronation. If Mr. Hoinsby and his fnonds go on like this, the- Conseivatne paity will have to take Mr Seddon under its wing. — -Masterton "Times." * ■» » Mene Menc, Tekel, Upharsin, has aheady been written upon the wall, the people aje getting sick of the turmoil and strife engendered by so-called conciliation they are beginning to ask themselves, ate there no other interests say c those of unionist workmen to be considered pp — Wanganui "Chronicle." * * * There is another section of the community which casts glances of lingering aftoction at the high moral example of New Zealand but, if current Parha/mentary and press lecords are to be accepted as authentic, the Seddon - ruled land is morally m an infinitely worse condition than New South Wales. — Sydney 'Truth." * * * Suiely missionaries can find plenty of w ork to do at home ' Under many a white waistcoat as well as fustian jacket beats a pagan heart that wants reclaiming scenes of soirow and darkness abound on every hand, but these apparently have not the attractions that surround the already over-missioned chow — Rgmont "Settler." * * * Unless, however, we change our wcious sj.stem of political mteifeience, we aie unhke'y to get an officer of any standing to accept the position of Commandant of the Forces, and if a good man is inveigled into taking it, he will hml, like the rest, his capacity for usefulness completely destroyed. — Christchuich "Press." * * # When it comes to denying them the privilege of choosing their newspapers — it seems like putting a mustard plastei on a bad chest and then jumping on it We have no doubt but that the Bulletin" piopnetary will overcome the difficulty bv punting a special edition foi tins colony, and still the people will hay c then tickets in Tattersall's great consultations — The Brunner "News," on the prohibition in New Zealand of the Sidney "Bulletin"

New Zealand is consistent in dealing with mi leis' ti usts after regulating wages 1 cites - Sydney "Sunday Times" The JM.ioi is alone could hold the Noitli Island against foreign aggression, li only the aims and ammunition weie at hand - Clnistchuich 'Spectatoi " » » » The Pioduceis' Union may be fittingly desenbed as being "neither fish, flesh, fowl, not good red herring," and m these ciicumstances no legiet would be felt weie its name ne\er heard by the public again — Palmerston 'Times." *■ * * Not satisfied with a share in the Goi - ciiimcut, the woiking man wanted to inn. the whole show, to be the whole hog and Mr Seddon, piematurel> coming to Ins senses, has found speech to tell the tiuth — Adelaide 'Cutic" + * ♦ The Catholic Church, ever zealous to niipic-s on her childien the beaut\ of \iitue, has all down the ages endeavoiu'ed to make them walk the chalkcdhne of dut\ Hence she has consistenth set hei face against the e\ its that ha\o ansen out of the habit of social drinking — Dunedin ' Tab'et " * * * Ask the fathers of families, the inotlieis, and the sons and daughteis, and then quietly and dispassionately considei whethei the tiouble, tlie unicst, the 1 abou l quairels and the enmity that has been caused, ha\e not shown that the ach anccd legislation of w Inch so much wa= expected has not had the anticipated result p And the woi^.t is not yet — Thames 'Advertiser " * * * Apait fiom the fact that the boards" mil h»n c paid officeis and tliat a large percentage of the new tax would go in expenses, m any case no benefit could accme to countiv c\chsts, who would be taxed to nrovide lacing grounds for town lesidcnts More insolent and unjust proposals than those contained in the Bill were never conceived. — Napier "Herald," on Cycle Boards Bill * * * The law takes fewer lives to-day than it did half a century ago, but theie is still need for vei> strenuous refoim, and we are very forcibly lemmded of this when we read that justice has demanded and had sacrificed anothei untoitunatc Mctim to the mechanism of ihe o\ olutienai\ process, which in our supieme lgnoiancr, we- fail to lecoenise - Wannate 'Witness," on ' untoitunate" nun dei crs