Newspaper Ideas.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 149, 7 January 1902, Page 1

Newspaper Ideas.

What could the people do if the foil* principal ports of the colony were in the hand* of the enemy ? Thw U not inland territory like the Transvaal, but a iong stretch of seaboard, and the harbours are the keys of the poHition. The fats of New Zealand is wrapped up in that of the Motherland.— HunterviUa Express. Nearly nvt'.ry pan?!- from one end ol rho colony to toe oi.aor is engaged (iir;:hi'-;; itr.o the Minnaer of Public Work;; for wii,h men who, a short \thtie aiiico, t!i.'."/ ii"s;nad should nt'vcr have br-cn o:.u-.i .yed. There appears very lit :1c in ibis line of conduct. —Opun.ikt: Times. The farmer will no v.- bo abia to 'sleep sound o' ni;h>. knowin .■ that wtieenvef' [«'.cifi'-;i*i'i"ii:i-.'iir.pp-zii r,'.> his ennloyeea the i"su v.wh c-;ii, ;■•'';•• will promptly f;ovi}ie.'n:''l:"i :■';■?:;•, -::A h.ir . o:k<.-t and bi • i:;;;i--*--?:;--;- \\ .:'; ;„'.'!•:•■• remain nt:.';.= M:. iji.;.-;. i':...,-iL.;- '..; -at C'o)ilp r :isa: iioil t-v A :, c!v ; .'.■..'•'.■:' .v. l..'in ha Free As :u'-i'-.--\.'r r.'". .'.'f : :;■;•; evory i'i■ !--iU'i tc. ij-.-ii-.rvo :':.!!: 'ii'' Maori race viil '.I: tr'■'.'..•■ I;''.!: l:■■;!). .'.''.Ui'nr.iein vices Mian i'.-ii.-■ 'j in : v.--: !■:, .uv! •■•■■■.[\ he aide to laL'o /ail :•:!> - ' ,l •; ••• ''f Mi." loading clvili... :>;: c.'i the .i->.y. Rangitikei Advocate. In the meantime, tho country tjenerally will doubtless hold the boii?f that the sun will rise and i-lin rah* descend, and tho work of Government be cxrri'd on successfully, even if the Merediths and many oti ors fail to secure neata again. Marton Advocate. Some time since the Bulletin laid clown tho following an the financial axioms of the Australian Govornnit;nt: -* " To pay your way, borrow : to pay yutir interest, borrow ; to pay off your hori'i '■■■w'mv, borrow again. When you are in doubt, borrow. When you can't borrow, owe."—Auckland Herald. In this land all should dwell in peace and tn'eralion. and anyone, Minister or candidate, who tries to disturb the existing harnonions relations for the mere purpose of assuring political stability or advancement, should be peverely eeni-urea.— Advocate cm Oiuvrshsra election and Mr Earr-.uhaw. Wo can contemplate fche exister.ee of Now Zealand without a ban Francisco mail service «ith a degree of calmness, almost of coropUeoricy, which wuu'd probtbly drive Auckland mad with horror. —Chris'ehu; eh Proaa. The despatch of another continent of a thousand mer: ><s n sacrifice too u'reat | for ih-'. co'oi.y to be;*..', and we think Gr:>at B»'it::.h should mak*- an elf i-t to finifh tiie war without our help.—Cheviot News. The cftrdini'. fin of trades unionism is to m;'ke the c*.pncil •• of tho woakesfe workman ti'tc .standard for the lust and I 9U\!m*wL. Thin it cu'? p.wiy tho root 3 of diligence and skill.—London Morning I Post. i A country is frov"rn;.d as it deserves. Well, if the wivhinjr men are wtill deoeivod by Mr Sedd'm's sophistry, and return him to power aft-jr his jaunt to the Coronation, they will riohly deserve it.—Nspier Herald. We believe that any Government which refused to send reinforcements to Africa when they were asked f«r would receive a short shrift at the hands of a justly incensed patriotic people.—Christ-* church Press. The colony is sound enough. It 18 the Government which is ruining our prestigf, and if tho long-promised downfall of tfeddonism in much further delayed the credit of tho colony will bo irretrievably lost —Charleitown Herald. Those who know anything of the po'iticai h -ory of this colony know full well that Sir Harry Atk-'uson and Mr John?Ballance were virtually killed by overwork, and Mr Seddo i'b friends have more than o-ice had reason to ioar that the n>es»T/ Pivi.iiei- wovjld seriously and j permanently injurs hi : j hf.aiih by his I considers i<ii uidv. —P'enh'nm iC .press. Mr Rc:'do':'- iii-.-nso J nanism it iViponsibh !.),- !;ii-.( '-'iv.-.ve druin mado up.)!) c ; s« cole:■'<■■• i-..- ••.■: <:•:■: tiir nigh, the dcxp.-iich <■*•' t!.e e.-.-.'.'i'i'.'u: 0 . to Houth Afiii-:a. This much r. day :. n.i tirie-'. v/cvild not hare been ;;n liii;..-.! < .;■] the c..t:Ot:y bet-n in a position to ..i','-el it. Yet in this way n;auy lhon.;"'ina •.■)' pounfTs wer:> diverted from clntnicla of e.-cneiiditure. —Ktiwaku.'■'■; .1 iuuiiu .ry. "I am .'■: ; .i'-:h. : ' s<ys (I J)r' ; "Dowie, One dijleitii..-.! 'h.t it«eli in that, v/h*!tv, ■'iiijxh v/a;i f?d by tho rav.'-n.'i, Duwie is !Vd by fcb.3 gulls,—New York Her..hi. Cavp'intera on<\ lii'iekinyers, seaman, and tailnr,;, m.;.y c.j'.ibi.ic in towns, may select canduiaioß for ParJianient, may have their own p nltica! t I but—farmers ? Porl-m the thought ! ! Queens town Mail. While the, F-.rm -r« ! Union means thQ cxtincr.ioo of tbf- adventurer jir.d this party tiolilicif.n, \vh )"e only aim i:-s to fo.'stiioi' in-; (!'»<".) n-.'tt, ii means Mie c'i/!'.!tion and (i?ve!'.>:imei>t ci the I'.'atcs.'n-.'K. — \i mjut-koi Acivmate. In view of ihe it (;rje.'iis thi'.t the Premier is, to u&e a slangy but, in th'H instance, highly Ruitablephfc.se, " pinying to the gallery.' 1 It might also be thought, that in vie. 7 el the turmoil that thn discharge of tho co-operative LdioureH has created, tho Premier intends utilising tho Contingent for the relief of the . unemployed.— MaPtot ton btav, In 8om« armies Ble°ping when on ontpost duty is punishable with death. We do not say we should like to see tht*b practice in the British army, but tha mildest punishment out-ht to be a year or two in giol. And we are not disposed to take a different view because the offender Mr Seddon happened to have in view was a New Zi:<*lander with friends and influence in Wellington.—Napier Telegraph. Sorre considora'de amusement appears to have arisen over Premier Seddon'u preliminary arrangements to visit tho Coronation b fore having received &a official inviutii.n. That part of the programme doesn't worry Dick much. If he has made up hi« mind to go, and Parliament voUa him the wherewithal, he is pretty Bure to turci ur», and get a front seat too.—Sydney Newsletter. The cable man is putting the Popo to death ag»in. He hae be*n doing this so frequently for many yean past that w« have become at accustomed in tiie dull Feswon to die announcement of Leo's passing as to the paragraphs about) the " record clip " t ( nd the biggest potato, and tiitf tm udoKueol boating and shooting »4cid<!'Ja tb&t wurli ihe Chri»tai«» feoli-/