PRESS OPINIONS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 21 April 1913, Page 4

PRESS OPINIONS.

The Territorial .movement is not playing at soldiering, it i s preparing for soldiering, and it has to bo taken .seriously. The men must accept the Act in the patriotic spirit in wihioh it was framed, and if they are not prepared to do so they will probably find that the powers that ho, instead of continuing their present considerate attitude, will see that the law is enforced down to its strictest letter and that privileges that have been accorded will be-summarily stopped.— New Plymouth News.

• The police force of New Zealand as a whole is, wo believe, a very good service, and it deserves to he treated well, not only for the reason that it is composed of good men, but also for the further reason- that it has a great responsibility, and should be encouraged to retain the respect of the public. But in every large service or class it is usual to find some individuals who are either injudicious, officious, or over-bearing, and it would be odd if this were not the case in connection with the police force. —Hawera Star.

When the Hoik J. A. Millar is away on his honeymoon, it is suggested that Premier Massey should make a marriage present to Mr Millar of the portfolio of Labour. Whaffor? J. A. M. was anything but sweet when be previously held that portfolio, and quite a, number of Masseyites might, with justice on their sid.\ yell out to their chief: What about us?—-Feild-ing Star.

While there is no need in New Zealand to make any radical changes in construction methods, a lesson can very well he learned from the Masterton experience. It is that, as -far as possible, archtiteotnral embellishments in the way of elaborate projecting ornaments or heavy over-hanging cornices should be dispensed with, or they should be attached to the building i.u -a way tha-t will make detach,ment a very difficult matter.—Manawatu Standard.

Living in this country should be cheaper than in any other country in the world, but all our advantages of climate, soil, productivity and access to outside markets have been lost because of the operation of man-made laws and devices to benefit individuals at the expense and to the detriment of the whole community.—Raugitikei 'Advocate.

Tt is hardly possible to open a newspaper from any part of what are called the civilised portions of the globe without finding therein new; 9 of some strike against the existing order. Of the wisdom or unwisdom of the great majority of these we need not now speak. * It is, -for our present purpose, sufficient to say that in a large number of instances each strike exhibits the common belief that if the workers are united there is nothing they cannot compel the Government and the people to' grant. The justice and equity of the demand are not of first or even secondary importance, wlilile the means taken to secure it are, more often than not, as the people of New South Waks and the Waihi district of this Dominion know from experience, absolutely indefensible. — Dunedin Star.