WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10067, 15 August 1910, Page 4

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

We have never regarded Mr Dillon as one of the ablest men in the House, nor as in any way; aI "satisfactory substitute for Sir William Russell, whom he replaced, bui he has at least the courage of his opinions,- and that is a sufficiently rare quality, in the party he supports, to distinguish the man Who possesses ". Christchurch Press. I

The one thing that can be discerned with certainty amid all the

■ioubts surrounding the intentions of the Government, is that the uni versality of the traini g established by the Defence Act of last session with the almost unanimous approval of the country, is to be abolished. — Evening Post.

Enterprise and industry must always be significant factors in determining ihe distribution of wealth, and whtn a man has been conceded the light to wotk there must be added to the contract compulsion to work.—Southland News.

When a Labour Union dtsircs to fhackle employers all it has to do is to get an award from the Court. The emp'oyer cannot escape tre f tiers, and is compelled to obey (he awcrd once it is msde. But the Labour Unions may do as they plesse. If they are Tiot satisfied they may caicel their ragist'ation, and oqr telegrams this week stated tfra' tires la;ge cefI lian nninno in XX ajf r.nrt Hii t rift hxfl

taken this course. They are, tbtrtfore, no* outsine the cptrstirin of the Act, ard may &tnke with irnpauity any time tluy may feel so disposed. 1$ itary use.retaining srch a one-sided Act on the Statute £ot,k?—Rangitikei Advccate,

The actual work of tha session has not yet been started, and special political correspondents have laien the telegraph whes with columns f meaningless wrangliip, petty interjections, and vague asperatioris.—Danoevirke News.

We decline to believe that timber growing at our own door?, as it were, cannot bemiiled and supplied as cheaply as it can be milled many thousands of miles away and brought to New Zealand.—Tararmki Herald.

As nutters stand now, the -Public Woifca undtrtakea a great deal el work which could le mere sati factorily earned out by courty councils; the work of opening up .h'* country is retmled, and the people left at tne mercy of a co~rjpt and pernicious system of Go\2 ernment grants. Hastings Standard.