Newspaper Notions

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 69, 26 October 1901, Page 6

Newspaper Notions

THE utterances of the "New Zealand Time.%" on tfte subject of patriotic duty, Imperial istio loyaJty, in connection with the mail sen ice aie the meiest theatrical claptiap - Auckland "Star." The ca.se for a cancer hospital m New Zealand is mefiagible.— Napier "Telegraph." Austiaha will, sooner or later, in hei own interest, be obliged to relax the lestnctions she is now seeking to impose, on our trade, and come to us 'hat in hand " -Marlboiough 'Press " » * * Although one steamship company complains bitterly of the frequency of stowaways between Auckland and Sydney, it is notorious that other companies encourage these people for the sake of extracting cheap labour. — Sydney "Truth." •* # * It is an unerring sign of a keen interest being taken in life if the postman is kept busy with the delivery of letters and now "-papers but the indications aie still more encouraging when the people use the wires freely. —Grey River "Argus." Nepotism -denned as undue favounti«m shown to nephews, and other relatives — has figured largely in what is now ancient history, and has not been extinguished bv the popularisation of our goxoining institutions - Southland "Daih News." * * ♦ A colonial museum in Wellington or in Auckland should be established, and theie should be collected all that represents the history of the Maoris of tho past We fear, however, that tho Go\ eminent are making a start too late — Napier "Herald " ♦ * * E\en if the salaries of members weie raised to five hundred a year we might fora eeitaintv count on them discovering a lot of little pnvileges that should onh be granted to the "salt of the earth," as 'many of them regard themseh es Grey River 'Argus" • * * Aicoidnvg to the cable-man, Krugei's funds are almost exhausted, and tho Boer refugees in Europe are on the point of destitution " Win, can't theso folk maintain a fair consistency in their 10imuices- A few months ago Kiuger was wallowing in tons of ill-gotten gold. - Sydney "Bulletin " * * * Once we start letaliativc duties tho chances of New Zealand joining the Commonwealth will be more remote than civ ci — and there is reason to fear that Mr. Seddon is not statesman enough to grasp any othei means of adjustment except the opportunist one of 'getting e\on " — Nelson "Mail " # * * When will the evei -increasing Ja\pec list be either purged or blotted out altogethei p Come to think ot it the latter couise would be the best And the ex-Jaypce might be allowed to weai the title of 'Hon " for the rest of his life That wouldn't cost anything or hurt anyone — Chiistchurch 'Spectator." * * * Seddon, tho Piennci of New Zealand, ono ot the first to bring the subject foiward, has publicly admitted his disappointment It M'i'iiis almost teitam that ,i nieasuie that has not tome up to wh.it was expected of it then 1 will meet with a similai expiiieuce heie Svdne\ Truth" on the new Arbitiation Act • • • That according to the old idea e\ei\ bachelor was looked upon as one selhshIv cheating seven women out of a chance of matrimonial bliss, but- really the poor fellow should be looked up to .is one making a sac 11 nee by unselfish h giving o\er his chances loi the happiness ot a home and wife to some othei man Instead of levying a bach el 01 tax, the bachelor might have a pension -The Tuad." * * * It is arrant rubbish on the part ot the Spreckles representative to declare that if the contract be not continued at a subsidy satisfactory to the sugar king of Honolulu his boats will be withiliawn from the service and New Zealand bo given the go-by A tiade that on the ««\eiajr< i pioudcs sc\entv-h\e pa&sengeis and (>o() tons of cargo per month will not betlnown aw ay Dunedill "Star."

Aucklanders let figures alone when trying to bolster up the San Fidtici.sco soi vice. — Christchurch "Press." * • * New Zealand, the home ol experimental government, has a debt as big as London.- "St. James' Gazette" * » * Mi. Carroll's coutnbution to the Financial Debate did not contain a solitary figure nor one reference to finance, not does anyone who knows lum suppose that he has so much as opened a departmental report dunng the last three Paihaments.— Chrivtchurch 'Press." * * * Never since the white first set foot in Australia has the "original possessor of the soil" been tieated by the rough and leady pioneers of the bush as anything hut a, slave to be beaten 01 a nuisance to be killed off as soon as possible - Melbourne "Punch." * » * With a noble spirit of condescension, the Australian tariff has conceded to us the privilege of acting as bushmen to tho Commonwealth by cutting down our fine kauri trees and shipping them as logs to Australia, where Australian labour will be employed to convert them into maiketablo timber. — Auckland "Observer." * • * Sir Charles Dilke, so it is stated by an Knghsh contemporary, knows more about the army than all tho generals put together Judging by the way matters have been strung out in South Africa, wo can easily credit the. assertion, and would bo oven willing to go a little further and believe that Sir Charles could readily have achieved such knowledge without overtaxing his brain. -Sydney "Newsletter."

Although this colony is but a small outpost of the British Empire, yet it has ,\ splendid future before it, which would be by no means enhanced were it included in the boundaries of federated Australia. — Dannevirko "Advocate." * * * It is undeniable that men have been given positions in Wellington for which they die in no wise qualified, and there is more than a suspicion that positions have been created for certain officers. Yet this notorious scandal was discussed at a lato hour when the House was too jaded to be inteiestecl. — Lyttelton •Times." * * * Many Ms.H.R. in any other walk of lite could not earn £240 a year, and by lertMit indications tins sum is to be increased to £300 Not a few of the members, in their mildest dreams, some years ago, could not have imagined themselves in the receipt of such a sum foi four months' attendance at Parliament. — Masterton "Times." < • • Evidently, Mr. Seddon has not a voice to lit t now, else why his own proposals 1o sacrifice the seivice? But this is not the eve of an election. However, the Auckland people have suffered very bitterly at the hands of this Government, and they will not be slow to forget this last injustice if it be Derpetrated. We in Auckland know that if the San Francisco mail service is dropped it will not be because it is costly, or because there is an alternative, faster or better service, but rather because it is considered expedient to give this £20,000 to the Union Steamship Company and tiansfer the advantage that Auckland now enjoys to Wellington. — Auckland "Observer "