The Review of Reviews. 



September 1, 1906 



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The Late Bishop Langley. of Bendigo. 



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latio. 

 Cab: 

 won! 

 been 



given him a great deal of trouble, even if it did not 

 overwhelm him. It will be remembered that Labour 

 Unions in New Zealand have been somewhat restive 

 of late, and there has been some talk of the forma- 

 tion of a distinct Labour Party. It would have 

 been an unwise thing to do in Labour's interest, for 

 the simple reason that the tendency of the late 

 Goven'm- it was so greatly in favour of liberal legis- 

 I. Jad Mr. Millar not been included in the 

 n't, it is very r ,sible that a Labour Party 

 1 f '.ve been for- d, and although it would have 

 Uiiwise in fli interests of Labour, it would 

 nevertheless liav-j <- ased the Ministry a good deal 

 of trouble. Now liere will be no possible reason 

 for the fomiation of such a party. Undoubtedly, 

 the weakest men of the Cabinet have gone. The 

 appointment of Mr. Duncan was never regarded 

 wdth favour, nor was that of Mr. Mills. Mr. Sed- 

 don, junior, has been elected in his father's stead 

 for Westland. Needless to say, the vote was an 

 entirely sympathetic one, and under the circum- 

 stances possibly nothing else could have been ex- 

 pected. 



The Sydney suggestion that a num- 

 ber of English editors or their re- 

 presentatives should visit Australia 

 in order to remove false impressions 

 and create new and good ones, has, unfortunately, not 



\n Australasian 



Educational 



Trip, 



Photo.'] Mr. R. Fairbalrn. Fremantle. [.Yyiou. 



A Eecipient of the Imperial Service Order. 



borne fruit. It is hardly to be expvected that busy 

 Editors would find time to travel to the other side of 

 the world, but a sight of the countrj- and people 

 through the eyes of representatives might go far to- 

 wards removing some prejudices. Never mind. The 

 onlv thing to do after you fail to get a thing is to 

 keep on pegging at it till you do get it, and a visit 

 from English Editors is so desirable a thing that it is 

 worth pegging away at. Indeed, we would like to 

 see the late Continental visits repeated to Australasia 

 to give some of our folk wider sympathies, as well as 

 to open the eyes of the Euroj>ean Editors. 



In Search of 



a Feder?! 



Capital. 



.After much invitation on the part of 

 the New South Wales Government, 

 and much baiting of the hook, a 

 section of Federal members have set 

 forth in search of a new Federal site. Up to the 

 time of writing, the trip has not been a success. 

 The depth of winter is hardly the time to go sight- 

 seeing, and literal putting of shoulders to actual 

 wheels to get very material drags out of very real 

 and very sticky mud, is not likely to put the owners 

 of the shoulders into love with the site where it hap- 

 pened It is to be feared that as far as practical 

 results are concerned, the benefit to New South 

 Wales will be nil, while the jaunt will cost the State, 

 which is bearing all the expenses, a pretty penny. 



