CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 69, 22 March 1910, Page 6

CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

; '• "Tariff Reformer" admits that when J he wrote his former letter on the South . Croydon election results, he overlooked . the , bye-election, and that the figures ; given by our London correspondent were correct, although he considers ! them misleading when the results of the 1 three elections are compared. He hopes that "South London Visitor" while in Auckland will examine the question of Tariff Reform from our point of view, and believes that if he does so, he will come to a different conclusion from that expressed in his letter. Mr. G. V. Hooper sends a further reply to Mr. J. C. Earl, but this correspondence is extending beyond public interest in it. Mr. Hooper says: "Briefly referring to the ! 'unwarrantable change of the expression' the higher powers. To mc the term - 'higher' conveys only one meaning in re- ■ spect to character and manly worth, : viz., nobility of motive and purpose. Paul I . the Evangelist undoubtedly held the same views. 'John C. Earl's' conceptions, seemingly,- are more elastic Had-such men as Luther, Knox, Calvin, Savarrarola • and others inactively submitted to the j ostentation, pride, corruption and oppres- ■ sion which in their respective times were ' ; usurping the high places only rightly to ;be filled by men possessed of noble, high, • ! and manly attributes, what, may I ask, i j wouid be the conditions ruling at the prei sent day? St. Paul's injunction to his . | little band of Christians, however, is I quite apart from the object of the II Christ's mission to the whole world, i; and in this regard I contend that He ■ j never countenanced by either look, word >| or deed, any action or influence that had i ; for its objective the lifting of man : | hand against his brother. Christianity : ! and militarism are directly in contradicI 1 tion, one to the other." ,1 "One Who Knows" think 3 that the I j decline in the sale of Bibles is due to the II failure of the pulpit to keep its hold over ! I the masses of the people. ! "W.8.YV.," writing on hospital matters, 1 , says he was in the hospital for a month ' ! about September last. When he was j j able to sit' at the table, he always saw ' I plenty of really good plain food. There 1 1 were four or five persons he always saw • j who were splendid trenchermen. They ' ; always made a clean sweep, and, if coun- > | tenance is an index, they had a jolly good ' time, reading and Smoking round, the fire ■' or on the balcony. He cannot speak too - highly of the nursing at the Auckland i Hospital. The sister in charge was ex- - tremely kind, always cheerful. Her quiet ' inquiries, assistance, and attention did very much towards her patients' recovery. He thinks that better arrangements should be made- for receiving patients at the time of their admission. Person- • ally he had to remain a considerable time fill he almost fainted with exhaustion and cold before he was admitted to a ' ward.