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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 181, 27 July 1901, Page 3

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There can be no two opinions that our C'tkU'ions n regard to coping with the ravages of fire are of a kind that need much remedying. The events of a recent date prove that beyond tire shadow ( f a doubt.—Ashburton Standard.

It is in years to come. whi.n oar successors look back to the p esont day with a judgment unhb’nded by petty je*lr>ud»*B mid -pergonal a. imosiles that the services of this Government .vill be appreciated. They have done much to make the colony the pride of its people —W.i’mite Witness.

Suffice it to sny that t' o sooner some of these noddUheads of jus-ticca (who are often compelled for th-cr business sake to make a farce and raise of the Gw) are hoisted off the judicial bench, the sooner a great many classes r.f crime nowon tho increase will be minimised. — Tais-ri Advocate.

Annexing the Cook Islands to New Zealand is simply a (lea bite in comparison to joining tho big and lusty Australian Commonwealth, and it is only tee jealousy and fear of loss < f prestige that has induced the Seddon Ministry to thiow 0;*ld warn- on proposed Federation i-chemeo.—Tapanu' Cornier.

Tho outlook for New Zealand h a bright and hopeful one, a.;d while we may, and undoubtedly shall, have period? of depression and slight reactions from time to time, we may nst assured that the pastoral indusries of tho colony will a'ways prove its salvation. —Gisborne Times.

To put it briefly, the crstwhi’e ’eafbv of the Opposition had to trumpet abroad his own dtatii-krell. We have nocbubl teat it will bo conoe.’ed th-u the course adopted by the Opposition will be found to bo the best in tho interests of boto parties.—Ashburton Standard. T ; :o idea that the labour legislation, as it is cilled, his be< n a prominent factor in the satisfactory progression of tb»colony is one < f the delusions of ignorance It is not in any base a formidable factor. It has neither made New Zealand s fonunea norcon ;tde troy them. It is not more than a nuisance and a drag.—lnglewood Recorder.

When the Au-tra'ian colonies have settled matters among themselves and have got into proper working order, it will be time New Z aland to

again consider the quo tlon of federation. In the memtiini it is better to take the risk of any unfriendly action on the part of Australia.—Gisborne I'imes.

The question of the inclusion bf New Zealand as a Stale in the Commonwealth is by no means settled—it only stand over, say, for a deoad >. Meanwhile we can cultivate conhal friendship. A commencement may w 11 ho made by putting our postal relations, which to-day are neither common sense nor fii-ttdly, on a common-sense basis.—Melbourne Argus. It is a. fair thing m expect from parties that they ehould a-k the electors to accept only capable men—not necessarily brilliant men, but men of good character, common sense, and the ability to express their views intelligibly. A partyshould be ashamed to have identified with it men who do not possess these p/ imary qualifications.—Sydney Sunday Times.