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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 31, 1 November 1901, Page 2

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"pnlegs (Japan ol- qther super? ior j[*<.nver acts the part of ■■guide, P^ilq&opheu and fi.'ierid 1- to China anc[ effecls £he necessary transformation for- h<Hi pi-asei-vafcioii, llussia oh thq east and France qn the west will gradually eat tlje heart out of an Em,' piro that q]<l when Eur.qpe wa<j old when Europe was in a. state of iutelfig<.\—Grejnipufii AYeekly Argus,

The law tlmt will deter.iniue the number of lapses, f rqm sqbrjety a per* son i>} allqwed b,efc)re j}e is. deemed tq be an habitual druiikard distinctly apart from eyery oilier class qf misdemeanants, is a law that will purify society more effectually than alj. tho temperance tracts »n 1 cqld yyater 8qe 3 ieties, in the cquntry ; —i¥ee Lance.

There Avas something tl^at bord.ere({ abnqsjt qn the ludicrous iij. tl}.e cabled' news, wluclj. gtfj-tecl ihif,fc the IJritislj press r-eg;q.rd(j(l ilie death flf 4bdui;ralilnan KlLfj.o, Ameer qf Afghanistan, a^ inqpportui^e q,t the pr.u'sent Ji>oinent as the statement, thqugh most litemlly time, seemed ahij:O.st tq iiijply censurq on the poor ql(l niai^ for cli&osing. suoh {> time to die.-^-Bay qf Tildes, " '

Jf thei>o is anytliing <^t ati in all this talk of IJuipire, of which s-j much has heen heard of late, <^nd of Imperial Federation, it is surely our duty to trade with'those of our own nation, and jjflt give a subsidy |o a foreign line of yessels-to dump on oui>,-~-._ sh- r s fiw products of a people thift,' w.ork gO and tiQ luours .7. week, against' 45 and 48 in this polony,—]\£anawatu Daily Times,

When the Ifon T, V- I)uncan was; in fche I^oi'th, lie expressed surmise at the hvge areas of good pastoral country he saw. He gave it as his opinion that a, large proportion of the laud would cany a, shoep- to the acre, r f nd thq,t o«. the whole i^ -jyas better thaij tlie}nte;ix)vof the South Ishud, lij view of that statement, surely we hays a riig-ht to espeqi; that a njore.yig-orous e^ennlon of this portion oi tho Maiu Tninlj; X-ine -would haye resulted. Yet _ noLwiths^anding the Minister's opinion, we see a pittance of for the Heleusvillfi.-Xoithwards line, and a like amount for the Kaiwakfl*. Gfrahamtowi). extension, 4.t the rate tho connection with Auckland Avill not be made under thiity years;— Northern Advocate.

The proposal by the trustees of the Napier Hospital, that the Government should be approached with the view of having a hospital erec ed in one of the large centres for the special treatment|of cancer patients appears to ns to be an excellent one. At the present time these cases have been received in the ordinary hospitals, and the system is "as unfair to the suffering as it is to the ordinary patients of th#' institutions. It is well known that*" cancer demands special treatment, and that complete isolation is advisable —Manawatu Daily Time 3

Should the colony succeed in opening uu new markets, and our exports find ready sale, the Commonwealth may yet find that it will have tn pay dearly for its ill-advised act-on m the matter of tariff, which makes a dire set at New Zealand by imposing prohibitive rates on goods which are so much required in New South Wales and "Victoria, us. well as m a lesser degree in Queensland and Western Australia,—Wairarapa Standard.

THE GOVENMENT AND THE FARMERS.

Mr. Seddon—-Then to show that we have not neglected the country districts, I may mention that the advances to (settlers amounts, to £2,000 000 • that, under the Lands for Settlement Act, we have expended £1,710.000; in tlie Agricultural Department £2o' 000, upon cool-storage, of produce. Experimental stud farms, poultry breeding, et ceteisa. Then by the duty from agricultural machinery I am losing £15,000 a year. Can it be said then, that we are doin<>nothing for the farmer? I had it taken out pound by pound what we have given to the fanners and pastoralists of the country on railways, in remissions specially affecting: them, and it amounts to £78,000 this year, or a total of £258,000 during the last live years. And yet there aie some honourable gentlemen who will s ay that wo are not helping'the farmers of the country. I say to those who are the representatives of labour in this House that we have given the labourers of the colony legislation. We have jviv,-n them the expenses connected "with Conciliation Boards and Arbitration Courts; but as regards monetary assistance, we have given them nothing in comparison to Avhat we have given the farmers of the country. *Aud what is more, they have not asked for it; nor do they begrudge the farmers what we have done for them; but they have helpsd ns to do it, because tiv-y recognise that if the farmers are prosperous there must also be prosperity in the towns, and we have a prosper*ous 2sew .Zealand.—Hansard,