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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 381, 5 May 1910, Page 5

PEKP.S OLD AND NEW. Some .peers are born, not made, and some lire mad" aml not born. The threat of tlie British Liberal Government to create a number of peers is retaliatory scli»nie. lifivin<x -<>r i^ s oliject tlie clioapcuiiiu; of the honor aiul inciting popular scorn. Nowadays peers are usually mails, not because of an act of jjrent national importance oil the part of tin* honored man. but because of their ability to make money. The earth lias many stupid persons who have made millions. T<: the drea.tion of what ie known as ''the mushroom peerage,'' the method has lieen,alinost uniform. The man who lias made a fortune from beer, groceries or ships, is entitled to titular recognition: tlie person who has written a novel running into four editions must perforce have a knighthood or a baronetcy. and tlie enemv of the Government v"«< ™n<l" o. Tory for ever by the «:rt c. r a ''handle." They ra'.'.ii'igc.l these