GENERAL NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, 5 April 1918, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS

The cost of printing paper in London has gone up tremendously, but the cost of advertising has More than kepft pace. Some of the London newspapers are now obtaining fabulous prices for advertising, and the tradesmen aTe more than ever realising the .value of newspaper advertising. For instance, in November last the ’’Daily Mirror” advertising rate was £IOO per column, and the “ Sunday Pictorial” £2OO per column.

The chances of a much-needed gen- . oral election look Small. Too many M.P/s arc dependent on the assistance, financial and otherwise, given by the recognised parties to object very vigorously to the shameful evasion of popular rights and the violation of the constitution that the avoidance of an election causes. The Cabinet is so certain of its ability to bamboozle the electors that it is even contemptuous now of popular opinion at all. It can, t however, find time to draft a liquor bill to foist State control on the people. Every citizen in the Dominion ought to write or wire the Cabinet and the M.P ’s urging an election. At least let us make a protest against this mockery of Democracy.

Despite the reports we hear from time to time that munition workers arc earning fabulous wages in England, a return furnished to the Go-

vernment shows chat the average wage of the skilled workers is £3 6s Sd per week, while unskilled -workers rank slightly under £2 per week # Meantime the cost of living has risen over, 100. per cent since the war began, which goes to show that the much advertised prosperity of the English workers doesn't exist at all.

'"‘lmndon Daily Nows tries its hand on Lloyd George": "Since Lord Liverpool, no Briefer Prime /Minister has made -such a" slaughter of British liberties. Whilej like Herr he faces all-ways, and has phrases for men, be has carried us farther away from representative government thafii at any time since the Liberal mover ment of the last century began. It is characteristic that in casting out democracy from. England, she should .-propose to make a forced present of lit: to Germany.”

■'4 iFHe Government has decided" that “it will not take steps to remove aliens Public Service. Nearly 800 jmoplo-v claiming: to be '*• Germans and are loose in the counslxf'3 Voir Lncknex can be informed of tlic,..presonce of the raider Wolf and thd ''fact • that she was using the Kermandecs as a base, and was ; ablfe 'to make a beeline for the Kerih'andeCs when he broke custody. Von 'tuckirer has not a prophetic vision. Sbhie of “the Germans loose in this (

'country helped him. Other Germans in -Australia without doubt were in wireless communication with the raider And informed her of the movements of Australian ships. In Fiji the Germans were allowed their liberty until Von Buckner's episode. Then it was discovered that the elusive Count had been visiting the German ex-Consul at Levuka, the said Consul having been particularly placed under Imperial, protection because the nasty Fiji people made rude remarks about hia nationality. Now Fiji has bundled all the Germans' intp a ship and despatch-,edJ-ttem to Australia -without any ceremony.