Newspaper Ideas.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 181, 27 July 1901, Page 4

Newspaper Ideas.

The Government is antagonistic .t 6 monopoly, ft hates corners, it does not love combines, and it is honest in its endeavours to spread benefits oVCuly around. It will cut down the price of chal, and will not tolerate a too-expen-flive loaf, but it has overlooked the diversity of prices in alcoholic refresh ments and laws, and the constituent of the article are not always carefully considered. If it sees the necessity of, new licensing laws it admits the need of selling the produce for which the license is granted. Will it ever try its hand at iquor reform by becoming its vendor $ lb cannot prev. nt the people from satisfying thirst; bat it could srlpply them with the teast harmful form cl alcohol, and make it unnecessary for the r erson totaling it to transgte s the law by being his employer. As it is paternally adjusting other industries for the general benefit, might it not step in here? There is a large field of labour open before legislators in the alcohol question, and possibly their grave coni side ati m may have the beneficial re ulta New Zealand is anxiously awaiting.— Free Lance.

The Country doss hob want the customary avalanche of Parliamentary verbosity, blit some honest wdrk. It remains to be seea what it Will get.— M »rlborough Express;

Although Wo admit that the Opposition have done some good for the colony, recognise that the majority of the people are bet er off to-day tinder the preset Government than they could possibly have been had the other party been in office. —Manaia Witness

So far as those opposed to the present Government are concerned, thiy a e satisfied that the highest praise they can elicit from the slavish supporters of tl e Government is the vilification with which they have been so pleat fully beapatered of late.- Paimerston Standard. Those good people who see ioamora ity in dancing should at le*at carefu y Overhaul their own stock of virtues a »d V.c'es. They might not improbably fnd one of thd latter which they could advantageously exchange for the social hopj —Christchurch Spectator. ■ The PreuJ t has been soremukifcy Successful in the multitudinous task 1 * 0 ha< undertaken that it will take nailing [from hid reputation to say that as Miniate* of Defence ho has not mainstained the reputation of his Mascotte.— (Carterton Leader;