CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 299, 24 December 1897, Page 2

CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

"Polluted _.tr " endorses the complaints about a nuisafc-ie in the Kingsland district arising from i'fee deposit of refuse. He strongly urges the Board to take some action in the matter.

An Ex-Sanitary Inspect (W is of opinion that the closed pan system for the removal of nightsoil should be adopted in Auckland and all the surrounding districts.

" Justice and Poverty " strongly objects to the recent rise in the price of bread. He says: "At the average price of flour for years it has always given the bakers a good profit at 5d per 41b loaf, and now that flour has dropped slightly we fail to see why the bakers could not have given the advantage of this to their employees instead of imposing upon the public."'

A settler at Mongonui Bluff states that a large number of struggling settlers there are anxiously waiting for the extension of the Kaihu Valley railway, which is. necessary to open the land in that district.

" A Parent" considers the present administration of school matters in the outdistricts by Committees should be inquired into.' She says:—" If the system of education which some of these bright members wish to impart were to be implicity followed, the young minds would soon be the controlling power in all schools."

' Cyclo writes:—" Being, a new arrival and admirer of the charming town, I am surprised and disappointed to notice the absence of a decent cycling track. To say the least, is it not strange that a town of fifty thousand inhabitants should be without a proper banked track, when several small places on the West Coast such as Manaia, Hawera, Wanganui and Palmerston can each boast of having one ?" "Fair Play" objects to the booking charge in connection with Bland Holt's entertainment. He says he was surprised at the reduction announced in prices, and although he does not think the four shillings charged for the dress circle when reserved too much he is of opinion that the charge of one shilling for booking tends to mislead. We do not exactly see the point ©f our correspondent's objection ; no one is obliged to book, and the distinction has, we understand, been made because of the dissatisfaction that often arises in a crowded house at holiday time through part of the audience being kept standing while seats for which only the same price was paid are vacant. Those who choose to take their chance of a seat at 3s in the dress circle and 2s in the stalls will not feel so much aggrieved.