CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 235, 1 October 1920, Page 9

CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

ST. McMullan wants higher taxation on the unimproved value of land so as force all suitable land into use. At the same time he would reduce the area of first-class land that any individual farmer may hold to 500 acres. Increased production of primary products and the relief given to enterprise by the placing of the burden- of taxation on the lend would, he considers, solve the problem of the highrcost of living. "Subscriber" complains of increasing slackness in the telephone exchange. "In, years gone by," he writes, "the attention was excellent, the girls were quick and intelligent and civil, but such has not been the case for the past few monthe." "Fed Up" reiterates her statements about tho poor wages paid in most establishments to employees engaged in making millinery, and considers that a union in their interests is essential. "Special Periods" thinks that the cadet parades should be discontinued during the tram stoppage. "Common Sense," in replying to a correspondent, "Moderate," writes: "The Jesus Christ of whom "Moderate' speaks would have been the first to denounce any sect that dared called children born in lawful wedlock illegitimate. I fully agree it is time this wicked antagonism ceased, and the proposed Marriage Amendment Bill would deal with slander very effectively. If the right to call oneself a lawfully married woman, with the power to give one's children an honourable birth, is not a subject to bring before the Altar of God, what isT .