PRESS OPINIONS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 13 June 1913, Page 4

PRESS OPINIONS.

16 would pay hitfvdeo»d!y to s»ad a trods to Qwiftriat to 909 exactly what ban b« placed tiuu6 ( A&d ii is to be hoped fcha matter will be fctkea dp. Hid foot t&Ab Australia osta piaoo frozon meat in the United States is proof positive that a payable export bnsij neea can be developed, «nd New Zealand would be very tuionfcerprising if ehe ignored the possibilities hero presented. —Maaaw®t>a s9t»»da-rd.

The nneasinese at H«ne , affects tho colonies, and ft is certain that if a crisis oooure'New Zealand, in coinmen with the rest of fins Rrapiro, will suffer. There does not appear to be any disposition on tho part of the community to ourtail its expenditure on'luxuries, or on the part of traders to keep importations within bounds. Perhaps the present timidity on the part of the leadera will hare a useful restraining influence, tout experience rather suggests that &« soon as the publio have money to piay with they will spend it.—Ohristobarch Star.

We are likely to pay dearly for cmr gift battleship if erery poising cloud that darkens the sky of international politics is to be made the pretext for an exhibition of shoddy Imperialism. We hare an admirable system ensuring the efficient twining aad equipment of a Large body of boys and young men, every one of whom will be needed, to defend o«r shores if a erisi s occurs. For the present, the maintenance of that eyetem is the extent of the dnty w« owe to onrselves and to the Mother Land in the way of personal mrice.—A&hbsrto-n CSuardiaa.

The task which Mr Sawers and Mr Ouddie essayed at Wednesday',s. meeting iu Dunedin waa not one of those which contributes to personal popularity, but duty must stand before popularity, and Mr Sawers did well when he spoke out plainly on the ground that he had a duty to perform to members of the Dairy Association, to the makers, and to tho Dominion at large. As for Mr (laddie, he would be quite incompetent for tho position he occupies if he failed to point out the faults which are creeping into the industry, and to suggest the remedies which are necessary in tha interests of all. —Southland Time*.

The promotion aJid pay of teachers, the staffing of schools, th« proper care of tho smaller schools in the back blocks, the co-ordination of the whole education , system—these are a few of the very great problems that await solution. Perhaps Mr Bell and Mr Herdman hare been studying them—we hope they have —but by the time Mr Allen has got through his round of Wekxroe banQtiets he will have precious tittle leistite to d&votft to the great tads that he ought to have taken in hand months agio-. TimaJu Post.

Two year« ago s ctrm&t&acea. let! to that «rf LaUoui" w&Aei* caused tlie daSisicle of Da» cembfrr/ IML Laboav jrssrtscted "Bs* £orm" into po-trer sad iwmed»t«iy v*>greiieil ifea fl'ctsim., " £nd of '-demwracy*' preached by tHe M&ssey Government is not agreeable to it, and by the glaring indiscretions of Mini&targ will Labour be led back to reason and from the serious consequence® of it® own folly.— Skratiitead Kew*.

The Government hare cleared up ibo worst of the financial mesa which t wa«their tegaey from the "Liberals"; have proseqitfed -public wwks a? vigorously «s posfiiWe; they have given a new impetus to the progress 'of 'closer. settlement, which the public were vainly esked to believe depended; ,for its continuance upon the. maintenance of the old regime; they have reformed the administration of the Public -fiervie©., and have taken steps .to piaca the railways on a sounder footing ( : aud. best, of all their achievement*, theyhave shown that they can protect workers and the public against ike tyrrany and violence of Labour-Soeiaheifc . domination. —■ CSiristdrcurii Press.