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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 226, 22 September 1915, Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE.

cirr.Kr.UA- •■r.n.i.n>' . Fun MII.IJILU-. I To tin- Euitor.i Sir,-Permit in.-, through your c! lni.n.-. t., aii|Uamt our ppojile of a novel 1 ai:i iiM-fui manner adopted iv M. • bourne b\ t:H- Alexandra Hub with l v.t-v ..: M-ni::i-,- ca<-h o! the lad* at til* front .1 ( hrifUiian Box. Tiicy purchased Ju.iKiD ■■ i)ilbi-»." wbioh thr public- rat) I procure for Viw:r cost price, nnm.-iv. ; (W each. These ar.- filled by fr.vu.l----i with Bomethiofi to eat. :•< , : smoke, u«i' anil amuee. ami tin- j " i.iln.-*." will afterwards i- vnr> uecf.il | I i"r intoß pnr|K»ce. '1 hi- ("iiiii Have maiii' | i nrran:."-mems t<. forward direoi t-> tin- j t-Tt-ni-lirit lli.H unique irurpTis.- paciki-t. A Bunilnr movement would, I am »ut- . I ronniK-nd lUrif t<" the [.eopl.- of Auck ; UiiJ - I am. Fie , A. LYNCH. , WINTER ri.OTHIN'i FOR THE BELGIANS (T.i tbe F.diior i Sir.- I shuuld like t>, call attention tn t«.. i«-t i«r-> ti.ut appeared in the "Mar" not loiiz botli referring to 1 the n I of thd Bebnan r.-fuge.'s for nior.- : j warm clothing W itli v- it in cprin;;. j ! But while winter i- falling away from j jus. in- i- elowly creep.ng upon Europe I i Bin! when, in a fen- month.-. «<• are comi plmninc iif thr heat, on the other Bid' , i uf the world thousand- of refuse.- will I i • huddled, shivering in squalid. flrelen , j tenement*—if. indeed, they find horn-.-i nt all There rannot lie many person* whn have nol old clothes of »om- »ort or i.tlir-r that he or ehe «ill make n.i further ime of. ami why ihnuld we not these . Why not proclaim another . " Uelgian Dar." when KoliriUUions, if .1-em-l advisable, should l.c limited to clothes . Prompt action i- nere»»arv. ; for in ttirei- months winter will be upon , Remembering what Belgium did for the Allies in the first month of thr war -and at what coat to l.cntelf! —there, ran bi- fe« whn would not wiah to do >orr..tiiinj 1..- it nrvrr c> little—to heln her children whn. homeless aiyl often, fatherleim driven from a country of i rhnrrrcl ruins, of horror and inconceivable j at/-...-ii\. thnt the spini of '.rrrnan barliari»m—iromcallv trrm.-.l -Kultur , — ha* I .1.--olat.••! hart fled to us to *-rk mir ; prot.Ttioti and charity -I am etc.. j A X VM.SAV McINTVKE PRICE OF FLOUR AND BREAD CoMPAKEI). (To Hi.- Editor i i r-ir, —Alex. ixUHbinpi. in ills letter of I >r-pt B. maintains. in.it nearer I.4(M' ; loav-es nt 21b. full weipiit an- turned out ! I <>.' one ton of flour. He is nearer right ' when working v dr-aAvpiatr oven, 04 the ! ' latter in fified "•' something like five ! nunutej., and drawn in iev- than on-- i I niirrut* Therefore tiho irread iian no' vhaiu-,- to dry. and Jβ weighed in lijfhtcT. j It would be risky in regard to the brit-k oven, an it ttki-,- anything fnwii tn. to tiiirtv miniu«e to fiii the <j\.t..| an«i near tin- ♦aiiu- t«nw to dra» T-μ----i t.rca , !. therefore, (irici inor>and rei")inrrs to be weiffhfd in 40z., according; to Master liakrr-' ] 2iiis suz. t< and turn on; !_'lJ.'i 21b. loarrrt ; per ton Mr Ha.it uito< < - .i:: rest n»*urcd the balfprnniv-H wjiil pay for tbe Cirrer ■ Maistcoatp and I 'herewith enclose the J amount. £1 1 for the samt-. 1 maintain thx; if Lh" a»hance. equa! : to one penny per .'o-af, «an taken off I the o'. flour, it would brinp flour I itn<irr tile £8 to £10 ha«in. and bread j to 3fd. per Joaf. ax-cordinp to ihe rules of tlit- Muster Baker*' Aecociation. I say that bread i<> higher in prr«- to-day ; in proportion to tin , price of flour timn ■ for twelve year* past. !n reply 'to (. H. Cooper of Sept. 11, I I (nay nay thnt I have never rt-lin q-.ii-«h<-d tru- bread-baking l>iiwn«-s». Tiio price of liread is 100 hi?h in proportion ; to the price of flour, and nhould "be re duced to -per loaf. Ptrrther. 1 ttiink I i! is a ■nronp thinp on the purt of tbe Master Bakere , Aeeociation to ke<»p thu , price up lon(rer. Mr. ( .jrper tibsnis I misrht .to jnve co=t of production nifd delivcnr: I jrive as £7 per ton <>n I a (miali business—the. ':arprr businesn the iew* the oo«t of Tirodiiot i<ia. One ton of flour ffive* a retiirn of £28 and upmards. or n not profit of £fi a ton — : not bad on a ten-ton output per wei-k — 1 turn, etc.. I). LAKE. Di-vortport [We acknon-ledjjp roc<Hpt from I cr>rre*-r>ondeTit of X 1 1 '. for threo wuiatI rraf TJie cheque lias bc-cn sent on to j t:;-,e Mayor's Fund.—Ed ] THE HOMP; RULE ACT. (To the Editor! fin, —In arwu-i-r to yrnir contention, I in reply to my article on the ahov ( > sub I jpet, that Uk» Himie Rule Act is not j likely to come into fonv automaticaily j nt Che cml of the war. 1 would ask you I txi publish an opinion on th» phase of I tlic subject by the Irish Leader. Mr. I John E. Redmond, M-I'., vrhn, spcakinp in Dublin last .July, said: — "There are some poodle ivtho have tx-en ioolish enou{rh t*> think, some I people who have been fooiish onousrii to I say. vha.t the Coalition Government means Lhe end of the Home Rule Act. But (rentlemen. it is a Coalition Government formed for th-e war. ami for the war oniy. It comes to an end when the war comes ;<> an ?nd, and it e\ists only from day to dan- by a<rrt'c»in*nt. Tihe Home Ruie Art conie.s -into operation automatically at the end of tiie war. and nothing can prevent that hnppcnui^— no Coalition Governmcn; coming into office —nothing can prevent that happening unices dimng the ivar the 1 (i-ovrrmnent pro;K)«es an-1 passes a Ilill i to repeal Ijbv Homo Rule Act. ! would put an end t>> the political truoo. i Tf nny such inßaiic pro[M>sal -wan put I forward. I assure you, on whatever Little I crcdat as a poSitirnan 1 the Coalition Government w-oiiJd not live for a vrerk." Ami u\lr R.-<fcn.i,id concluded: •' 1 my that «it!i all the more conflj dence -in view of the aesirri-d potation of I Rtrcnpfch maiqh tiie In»!i national eaimc • t irah <ic.|uir«l recently by reaeon of the I pomtion Irolaml has uken up with re--1 ferenc to the war. , '—l am. otc. JUSTTTIA. f Art we have nlready Btated the po*iI taon outlined by " Jurtitia" and d» j «W)M hy M.r. John Redmond is IHer I ally ,-orrect: neverthdeae, the pledge piven by Mr. Aequith to introduce an Amending Dill, sumk pood, and r»o on.ha« evinced a more sim-er.- desire h< eatiitfy any reasonable ol>jfction l»v filter than .Mr. Rethnond. It is not in the interests of Homo Rule that v 1 chanpr which three-fourths of tho Irieh ; have iookcl forward t.. witli so j much hope should be in.iu2oirnted by a cir;! « a r The passing of the Home Rule Aγ.;. „„ th.- Lriah lead<-- declares ] in the speeciu quoteJ. aesuree Haa» Ku'e [for Irelaad, and strecgtiiems the Govern-

mrnt in .I-.: nil « it-ii th<- II >v- ■ ' Lor.ii. l> a t,. \r\ require-, a:. ••: • • Unit ml .:• i.itl.-.- .1., iv j|3j -•. ■• • ■•:-::. 1 ~ - ■-..... »i) ! - -.1 L- ■-• •! i.l Ir-.aii ; n:i-l »..! ».- fp. i- n ;. : I u.ir. . .i- ii in.. ;.r-[. :>■■ iied r , ; asufttH in tin- ' ;:.;i d: ti.. i .- Lt-a mr —Kd : C'Niii \"SKD ( i >;:r;: -i ■-."u:. ■ :• -I'iru.il.l.- ( uward" p\pr.--•■!■ t: •■ ■■;■.. ion that .-.airiu. an i • .."anil" n> ■•■all; mati.-r- oi tfiV|»ruiinni Hi- tav - v . ma" i- «l»at natnr. m.i.ihim, a- I'm h - \<ni meal i-uurai,"' i-< trtai luni «ill. w.rii nml cntti-rii: i Iμ (ail, al a \»m ii T«i l" >■< !■■ i•' - lark I hm - i.,i:;nt.-'-r("i for v In. 1 -• ' vii i- ni Bi'll iitit I !<•< 1 nnlir- t.. ,ftii r. atu linn I hIiuII art in tii.- lion: • : .in p-r If 1 (a.; I kiiov. J :• u:il i|..: i- I- ■ want •I in ins I; will br v '-a- ■ : •tin- Bpint war! n-iliins. but ti..- :!■■-:. ■•■ il.uti. 'I:-" an ! -N M" ■ i.n v■• n: Btatr-I «i.al 1..- .1 ! •■« ■ in t ur- ■ ' Irtuik. -Hi !.i - an.i I'livi-rf. - I ■ i|.,..t. i •liTim- 'I l,i |.i.ml In- «i-i.-- ! t.- ■ii in [.r-vi-ntiiiL 1 tii- mu.h Inn.-: • \a I mi - of um-r.-nt an.l profit, an-l m. ram,, t ; afToril tv ii-- all :t- t.. f> {.ruprint- tii- nr:vat- lan i ntvn.-r t tiimmi»(iiat<- ailvanta^ ,,l "f tin , pri\nt. s capitalist" liur ri.rri-.prm, I. -nt furt i.-r utali-K ti,.it tin- nljolitmn •■•' tl r'i ia«m ha.l niK|iir»ti'in«l>l: r aui--l a ilclmr- in ti,. pro.lur-tivr \ahu- (■( lar, i _*y Britain, an'l ailii* —"Thai tt.-- r-apital Vk.hu- ha* .irrliric'l in r nt t:mr- — -ni- ' Mtablinhed Mr mo« ~ir li Knlcr Hassarij who «a- nppomt—l ("ommi« • riiriiltiiral rlcprpfwioii. mlrnlat-l tiiat tl.p derlinr frnm 1-71 (n <In flat', of his ] rrporl a j.rno.l i.f about forti u-ar-amniinf-l In one tlioiman,! milling Ktrr liii-.- Tin- oflinal i-Minmlr of tin- Kijanl of ApriPtiltiin iv,ti, arrnif. tr, all tii.- 1 ilata of eali-K ami leanw linnnz 11,.----pcrio.! wan .i-in hundred million* I. think the lan,l value* taxation rniim- a pood iin,' hut no frood rnuf. i« wpll | «erv«i hv .icnvinc farts" H.- qiM-.Mii.n- ! tlio Kt.itemrn , . tiiat tin- lanrl taxation of Britain in the hravimit in the worlu. ani flirthr>r doe* not brlipve thst any 4'abi I not Minißtrrrvrr rxpr«ui«l tli»t opinion. I "That tiif rost of araerainf? th<- vahif nf propprtv worth oik- hundred million" . annually would r\c-p P ,i th- taxation ' wliirii rfftilil be Irrinl on it. rspcciallT .i« I in tli- ram- r.f land values M in tl,.- i £ could ii- irvii-il ivuliout aftectiDS tin- ! annual vain,- " Mr MrPrino rnric|-.jd.-. " I should very much lik- to know why tii- ■ mmh linrasi-ed landowner* ' ' R.S " Kp»ak.. of. ar-i-i.pt a r,>nt which i- t.n/\ \i\ to 2 per rent on tin- capital -rnW;- ~' t ;,,..r land. Why do tiir\ not rcaliK- tin- caj.i tai valut- and mvwt tin- proreed/< in \ Bomothinp i-l.ii■* Kvrn ("on»oLs would ' ?M<\ :? Pf-nt or so. lv r bop- hy -rapl tal vnliu- - he mean« what tin- landown en. think their Ituid ought to Iμ- worth : Thr% rjui always prt pithpT as rent or purcbaee prir- what it n;allv m worth, so lortff a- thf-r- ar- th.- lanillpas million* of Oif old rautitrv bid.il,n- for it in one way or another "