What Other Editors Say.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 34, 22 November 1901, Page 3

What Other Editors Say.

The nuuin^r in wl^ioh the generos? ity of the oclqny in. granting qld a°-e pension-*, has li§en imposed upon has .pftentimos been conux^ented upqi|, but still very little, check scenes to have been plaued pn. the,g»rantiT>g of the.?e pensions. Enquiry is little more than a farce whilnt. pitijseiis can. be' found to certify to the cjeserving- oharaoter and nature of applicants eyeji thougl| ihey have for u\&>>y years been; known to all round .as thriftless,, clrimke ii dharacters. And this is ijot th-- on,ly abuse \ l connection .^herewith for it .seems i to have b come a .ooiu.mq.iV prno'tice: for men to luake over (often very partially) their prqpeity'to their, children, or other relatives, in order, that they may claim the pension, So. largely haY -t Tie claim upon the cionsipHdated funds grown because < >f this that it has been found neces-avy to pass farther legisr | lation to meet tl\ese iinp.osto.r-s'. tricks, e=Wairoa Bell.

We have always been averse to, the principle \vhicli is,' and has been, so often urged; that \i expenditure taTcps place in ; 6he; portiqirdf tlve a proportionate Hi\\-\ _aha;irbe spent iii al] otheis, W^rdle'ss of this nrg-ehby 'aiid usefulness of the avovlcs^o;W'ntider•tilcen as a oonsequence? ;ft 'is-imjiract'-' ible, however," by'any poss'bl'e strainjag- of argument aided, by. inisfepresentaiion of facts to dfenloiistrate ttiht the joining of "VVellin^tdri. find' Auel^ land by raili's'npji'tTi^finOfet important colonial work vfptiting for exocution. This factj without considering- dQinjVaTisons of public works, Expenditure in the two is.lands^' sliotild Be sufficient to induce''.Sfim^ters'^nd'VFarliaiii^nt to push oil the ' truirk' *linj3.s with all possible'spe'ed;—Waikato' Argus,. ' "

The Grovermnent is to be'co.iunieiKr'ed for its' endeavours to place the school teachers of the colony~ou a-fair fooung. No other previous G-overn-had the pluck to tackle this subject, and the unfairness, of the treatment, the following in- the steps of iron precedent, has raised the teachers, the •people, and the-Government to a sense of the need for reform.—Waihi daity Telegraph.

Mr. D.. 0. Wilson has eaile,d, at. our office to>ay that he has now wi-.t-ten the Lords. Prayer in the space of one-tenth of a threepenny piece, .and has created a new world's record. Mr. Wilson, announces his intention to edifying himself on Sunday afternoons by writing; specimens for h,is friends in one sixth or. .one seventh of'a' tlireepenny piece; but he .wi.li .jxpfe try to beat one tenth until someone .else beats it. If however, one-tenth is. beaten, Mr. Wilson will go on and write the Lord's Prayer so small that neithe: himself nor anyun.tv else.,cau read it with a microscope. Tt will.not be overlooked that Mr. .Wilson owes to Ireland (the island ,of saints) his birth and early nature, y- Northern Advocate

Coming .as he dop3 lately from the. African campaign, with the world fresh in. otlr memories, Sir Hector Macr donald's great stress upon' the importance of drill is somewhat of a surprise. The Boers' could by no stretch of the imagination be called drilled or disciplined, yet they have fought, with more or less success, the largest army the British Empire has ever put in the field for over two years, and no man can telljhow long- this ''undisciplined rabble" will continue t_> hold out. —Balclutha Free Press.

Judging.by a question . which was asked by a member of the -House a few days ago, it appears v.cry much as if a ''colour lii>e y) akin to that now existing in the United' States is likely to be drawn iv New Zealand, the only difference being, that the Maori takes the place of the negro. At present th position is so serious that the Government have decided to erect a commodious building at New Plymouth, where natives landing from trains and steamers have especial difficulty in ge.r ting accommodation, and the. pro]) se to follow a similar course at Auckland, where a hostelry will be erected foi the comfort .and convenience of the travelling Maori public. —Manawatu Daily Times.

The extra cost to the country of increa>ing the pay of our parliamentary representatives is of small consequence compared with ihe fact thai the higher the' pay the greater tin chance of creating a body of professional politicians, men who look to politicSjfor a living-, and in consequence are utteily callous as to everything else.—Waikato Times.

Commercial nu.rality is largely a Eon-existent. virtue among the professional company promoters and minor leeches whom the dredging boom has called into cxi tence. It i;> now the duty of tlie Legislature, by araending, extencHng- and strengthening the. law, to make the. operations oi this class of persons "as difficult and dangerous as possible, in. th-e future.— Tuapeka Times.

Trade unionism has driven money and industry from England, and it threatens to do the same thing for New Zealand. —"Waimate Witnees

If half the "juen" at ju-esent now occupying seats in the House were carefully placed under water for twentyfoiir hours, the country would be all the better for the result.—Taranaki Eecord.

It is not so veiy long-ago that a suppor-ter of Mr. Seddon afttfr Avining his seat on' the eiieourag-ement-of-manufactures-ry, put his principle iuto practice by ' stocking- his-hou.se with:- home and ' Continental-made' furniture, and to see him hedge the question when he is tackled thereon is amusing.—"Waila Daily Telegrapli.

In anything appej-taining- to the "jm-viieges of the House—we tovm it a preposterous license—^members are particularly jealous, and uphold ideas in connection therewith -that under other conditions they would flout and ridicule.—Grreym.qi^h Eyening- Star.

AVhile the co-operative gysten; looks nice in theory, an,d is a nice thing- for those -vrlio do least qf the work, it ig a dear sort of luxury for the colony and is not the greatest of blessings fp the class it was intended to benefit. A commission, on |;he way it is worked would funish interesting reading.— Waihi Daily Telegraph.

"The Interests of. farmers on most questions are Identical, wliather they live in the hqt^ ihe middle, or tlue south of the oalQity, It ■ftppeflr-s to us that the fiv-t step for the Faiinei^s'Union is to foruva cquncil, a/t which all the -disaitts- shf\llbe yepvesented, thrt nienibei-ft tq berefuruecireg-avdipss of their political procliyi|; p.s~^ raikf|to Ar.g\is. ' ' . ■•■■".■■■

Swindles,niore' orl»ss . olever, .and more or less clumsy ,= occur : eveiy day, hut on'y in Eussia or. Tm-key" could a fJ-aud . be jpommitted as a public -work of eonsjderabie juag-nitud-e^ •should be reported as (joinpleted and paid, for before the work had actually commenced* It reads almost like a fairy story' yet it is a lUissuin. reality. Trnly e:i- ugh ]t gives a peculiar insight into the corruption in that country.— QreyniQuth Evening- Star.