QUERIES AND QUANDARIES

NZ Truth, 15 March 1924, Page 7

QUERIES AND QUANDARIES

"Truth" Would Like To KnowWhy the Lancaster Park authorities, when they charge 2/6 for a seat In the stand at w big fixture, do not always see to it that the seats are dusted, or at any rate, swept before the public arrive? How is it that the Government will spend thousands to send the Priminister home to England to advertise New Zealand, and refuse to allow a New Zealand cricketer time off to play m an inter-State cricket match? Young Boon, the New Zealand wicket-keeper, was picked to play against N.S.W. m the second test last week, but, being employed m the Public Trust Office at Christchurch, he was unable to obtain leave. .How the defence authorities permitted food of such poor quality (even for ipilitary camps) to be served m some of the recent cajnps at Matarae, near Dunedin? How , the Department of Agriculture came to accept the unlimited liability of paying the losses on the stretch of railway connecting Dunback (50 miles north-west of Dunedin) and the lime kiln 3? What some of the rank and file think of the following utterance by Labor Secretary Tom Bloodworth at a recent meeting of the Auckland City Council (which discussed the question of the dismissal or retention of some of the staff of the obsolete Power House): "There was no responsibility either on the oouncil or upon the board. The latter had installed modern labor-sav-ing machinery, and the result was that the services of some men would have to be dispensed with."? Whether the Railways Department is likely to realise the force of the arguments propounded by the deputation of residents from Dunback who asked for the reinstatement of the stationmaster at the terminus? Whether the Associated Chamber of Commerce were not taken as seriously as they would have liked when they were m Auckland? How they liked the suggestion ; that they were rather a Godless lot "because they did not have a parson asking a, grace at their dinner? . Whether fhe parson at Mount Eden (Auckland) who complained because tar barrels were : left on the footpath near his gate would have been just as annoyed if they had been beer barrels? ■ • Whether some ,50 returned soldiers m Auckland district have been unable to meet their Interest on loans for periods ranging from six months to two years? Is the Commissioner for Crown Lands contemplating action against many of them? Whether the Auckland Women's Club will be able to produce a really funny mock Parliament m the near future? Will the ladles funk introducing many good skits that the Priminister offers? The name of the lucky Auckland lady who had her bank book restored to her by a, little girl who found It m the street? Whether the reward of five shillings was fair Sn view of the credit balance being £780? Why Mt. Eden Borough Council does not favor amalgamation with Auckland City? Why Auckland Provincial Industrial Association has never taken the hint given by Mayor Gunson that it should merge into the Chamber of Commerce, and continue its special activities as a committee of the larger body? Whether Bishop Averlll approved of Canon James's sermon on the Hickson Healing Mission, which waa delivered m St Mary's Cathedral? Why the Auckland city tramway department cannot give a better service on the Heme Bay route, especially during rush hours? Whether the supply of drinking water from Lake Takapuna to the four surrounding boroughs is a menace to public health? How close to tho water's edge do cattle and horses graze? Why people should express surprise at the frequent outbursts of firebrands ln Mount Eden borough, when It is remembered that the whole area is volcanic? Exactly what Is the official position of Mr. Alex Harris, M.P.. on his trip to the British Empire Exhibition m London? Does he carry samples? Is he on the salary list? And, most Important of all, has a safe "pair/ been arranged if his return is retarded? Whether is wasn't a bit rough for cricketer Dacre's admirers to greet his return to Auckland -with a new bat for his century ln the Christchurch test match ahd a slice of ham to go with his Wellington duck's egg? Why the three "life" trustees of the Auckland Worklngmen's Club voluntarily remitted their own sentences when the new committees were elected? .