CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 7

CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

R. S. Maokay th__s that both conscription and trade 'unionism are undesirable "in the same way as laws against murder, burglary, forgery, etc are undesirable." These latter are undesirable "because they exist only "in COT—ectio— with the. evils they aro intended to deal with." Our correspondent says of the trade -unionism-conscription controversy: "H it is right to insist that all men who fo—ow' a certsan, trade should he compelled to «_s—fc in maintaming -tie conditions' obtained by the union in connection therewith, then it is surely right to compel every citizen of a nation to assist, in the way he is best fitted for', toward maintaining the conditions bo far ootaihed by tho people ,of thai nation." '

Marianne Jones about women's work after -tho «n___ 6he notices reports of meetkga of _Mu_aer-port-«|ir

conditions, and wants to know if women . are content to "sit tight as <u_-___" and "wait for added burdens." Our cor-| , respondent thinks "the time is ripe and [{ready for all women who shave to eara to become organised and demand equal ■work equal pay." Women in New Zealand are behind women iir other countries in organisation. "Globe Trotter" thinks that infantile paralysis is not a disease, but "a peculiar state of the human system caused by tiie long-continued hot arid oppressive weather" on the nerves. It affects young children because their nervous systems cannot withstand the heat so well as those of older people. Children should avoid over-heating and over-eating, and have a moderate amount of exercise in a' cool part of the day.