Newspaper Ideas.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 195, 29 August 1901, Page 1

Newspaper Ideas.

Only two charac- eristics are to be a member on the Government fddh of the House of Representatives—a bak memory and a tough conscience. By the aid of the latter anything is possible, with the help of the former the most scandalous job may be forgotten.—Christ church Truth.

It seems to us tha" the the colony is bh the verge of a precedes in its financia affairs.—Hunlervilie Mispress.

A recent letter from De Wet to Aldefshot ran : .Semi ou l - some more'Yeomanry. We are running short of clothes.” Auckland Obser er.

We have reached that stage in New Zealand where compulsion—State Compulsion—is doing so much for us that are unable to mind our own buffnessou. Wairoa Guardian.

The law t kas many precautions tb protect you g girls from immoral men’; ifc-diy, there is quite as urgent a need tb protect men from immoral or unhealthy young girls.—Melbourne Punch. The Anglophobia of Berlin and Paris j in in chorus with the 13 ad bury-'Kruger shriek against Chamberlain. Wherefore, it may be safely assumed that Mr Chamberlain is right —Marlborough Express. Wo were better oil, if we only knew it, when wy couldn’t afford 10 ‘-shout” : an& when we sat at the foot of laitt and dreame d of Universal Prohibition and the elimiuJV tion of alcohol. Alas ! for the returning wave of prosperity that is going io carry us again towards the rocks.—Mastertbh Times.

While social position and the inftuencfc of wealth are to be preferred to couragk and ability to lead mao io battle, it is ah insult to the colonies to speak of “ honouring” our representatives xvitfe commissions necessitating an expenditure on useless and foppish falde-rals milek beyond reach of their resources. Let isk have no further twaddle about this “ honouring” of the brave colonials.— Thames Star.

It is aim a speaking commebtary oh ovtr civilised inconsistency that we, a nation cf totalisator bettors, who occasionally in our pleasure jostle Johb in the effort to get to the narrow entrance of the “ pay out,” should pounce upon him when he is engaged in his compara. tively innocent native hazard known &3 “ pak-apoo.”—Napier Herald. There are some gentlemen in Parlis* ment who, if purchased at their own valuation, might consider theimelvd poorly remunerated if receiving as baud as the Premier.—Napier Telegraph. Poverty m.ay have its duties now-a' days, but it has lost its rights. Soon ft will be a crime, punishable with paid and penalties of the law, to own anjr property at all.—Christchurch Truth. The eat does not usually turn her bad upon the cream jug, and we cm hardly expect the Assets Realisation Board ih show any great anxiety to dispose ef these properties when r/i- ‘have mads ’it to the interest of everybody concerned 'it hang on to them as long as possible.— Christchurch Press.

What is really needed in New Zealand —the unerring instinct of the people miy in time give it ns—is t strong lock! government, which will take the place 61 the centralism which is now the curse id the country in the administration and settlement of the land, the making of line*, roads and bridges.—Mastertoe. times. It is dead easy to send two strange police in plain clothes into an Alleged belting shop, and follow them up wire* half the available force in the city—aric soft newspapers put up the “ smart work ” head just as though it were it real big thing. Murders, however, gfc unpunished, burglary ai d housebreaking; go on regularly with but little dock result, and robberies with violence 'sTrA not checked to any extent.—Sydney Sunday Times. . The frank condemnation of Unionist, methods by the Premier will, no dotlik, stay the plague somewhat, but as long kk a bad Act remains on the Statute Boot,, there will be more mischief,—MaStertoh Times* . The honourable gentleman had hb't sufficient time during the general*, national debauch to tot cp the expense®, after the last gun Was fired, and the last cork popped in connection with thk recent royaF visit, he gave to have the tiOokk balanced, and the result soihewhat staggered him.—Pahiatua Herald*

The country is governed,' nob"al formerly by the people and their representatives in Parliament, but bj industrial • unions, the object of each being to secure special class instead of seeking to promote the’ advancement and well-being of thi general community.—Clutha Leader.

It does seem', to us at least, ridiculous that the energies of Wellington detectives should be directed, to the suppression of a little harmlesfe Chinese gambling, whilst criminals huve made themselves a menace and 4 dread to the whole community gd nncaught and unpunished.—MArlbOr"otrgh Express. .