One of the most interesting suggestions offered concerning the Indian trouble in South Africa is that it forcibly illustrates the dangers of tampering with principles evolved through generations of study and experience in the task of governing so-called subject races.
The policy which has guided the Indian administration in the emigration of coolie labour has always been, we are reminded, that of permanent colonisation, a view set forth by Lord Salisbury when, as Secretary of State for India, he wrote in 1876: ''Above all things we must confidently expect, as an indispensable condition of the proposed arrangements, that the colonial laws and their administration will be such that Indian settlers who have completed the terms of service to which they agreed, as the return for the expense of bringing them to the colonies, will be in all respects free men, with privileges no whit inferior to those of any other class of Her Majesty's subjects resident in the colonies.''
• We have been requested by the District Health Officer to warn the public, and especially parents, that an epidemic of poliomyelitus, or infantile paralysis, is gaining ground in Dunedin.
The disease, for the most part, attacks young children, though adults are not altogether exempt.
The after-effects often result in lifelong paralysis of one or more limbs, and in severe epidemics the disease may be fatal.
The attack usually comes on suddenly, and parents are advised immediately to consult a medical practitioner should they recognise anything amiss with their children.
We believe that about 20 years ago some 30 cases occurred in Dunedin, and that last summer there were two or three cases.
• The immigrants from the Shetland Islands by the Rotorua arrived in Dunedin on Saturday, and are a splendid addition to our population.
Through the efforts of the members of the Dunedin Expansion League they were all in suitable employment by Monday evening with the exception of one, a lad of 18, who will find no difficulty in getting placed.
Apologies are due to employers who were disappointed in not securing the services of those expected, the reason being that the senior members of the party are navy reserve men, and the term of service of some of them expired in December, after the Rotorua left London.
These will arrive by the Ruapehu next month.- ODT, 15.1.1914.
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