CORRESPONDENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 4 May 1922, Page 8

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO CORRESPOBDHIT* H.T.S.—Take someone who has some knowledge of you to a notary. I No Dogma.—We cannot open our col-; umne to a discur<sion on thie subject/ NO MONEY FOB FAKMS. (To the Editor.) Sir,—The Auckland City Council have , evidently followed the Bi-blical injunction "Unto him that hath shall be given" very literally, in the loaning of; the sinking fund. Although they accepted: applications for farm securities, whichj showed (on their own valuer's estimate) : a clear fifty per cent, margin of security,' they put the whole of the sinking fund and borrowed more from the City Council in order to take over an existing! mortgage on a Queen Street building, which uhoive nothing Kke the came mar- , gin of security. 1 trust the farmers will remember this wlien their turn comes.— I am, etc., %yj LAURENCE ' CENSORSHIP OF FILMS. To the Edilor.' ! Sir, —I trust you will give mc space to add a further criticism re the censoring of films. I am not a killjoy; in fact 1 believe the censors some times go too far, but laet night I witnessed a picture which ehould never have been released. I do not wish to injure any theatre and "ill not mention names, but the picture 1 refer to, depicted a tscene a>t a lighthouse. The lightkeeper'e wife gave birth to a child, which died, and it showed the frantic mother nearly . ineane, watching her hus/band tie up the dead baby in canvas, and eventually t ■ throw the bundle from the rocks. Hadi there been any expectant mother in the' ! audience the scene referred to was grue-i ■ some enough to cause serious results. These sT>rt of. pictures cause nobody any amusement, and should never have been released.—l am, etc., FATHER. , AN ILL-NATURED CRITIC. I I (To the Editor.) Sir, —In your correspondence columns I noticed an assertion that people in New Zealand lived too much for pleaJ sure, thereby neglecting their business afTaire and so by lack of production depreciating U.S.A. exchange, also comJ polling loans from England. I wish to ' state that after existing amongst the ■ [ people of this country for two years I find the standard of living lower than I any part of several countries wherein j I have previously resided, and to speak ■ r straight from the shoulder, generally J speaking, I have formed the opinion : \ that people here suffer too much from , extreme callousness and selfishness. \ Never before have 2 lived amongst such inhospitable, egotistical, and arro- . gantly selfish people as I find here. I t have failed to find the great ideals spoken on Anzac Day symbolised in the i life of the people; on the contrary, I ; have found people anxious to get someI thing for nothing, and striving their . uttermost to beat mc wherever I have . been. New Zealand people seem to think the gods ought to shower in their , midst people with money from the , j clouds whom they can pounce upon and I 1 pluck like a bird; the reeult seems to : mc a code of laws many of which are i ridiculous; very little actual freedom, especially of speech; and most certainly abominable conditions. People seem to be out to get all from their neighbours, without giving in exchange; rents are ridiculous, property values even more so; and the working man himself becomes his own enemy in this wretched land, where everyone*seems to live for filthy lucre. What part of this country ie God's region I would certainly like you to tell mc, because I [ hsve travelled from south to north . without finding it.—l am, etc., GET OUT IT I COULD. t — J AUCKLAND POWER BOARD. i (To the Editor.) Sir, —I notice from your report of the ■ last meeting of the above Board that • by a majority of seven to four votes it : has been decided to locate the admin- .' istrative offices on the cite of the power • house in Quay Street. I venture to ', I think that this decision is very far . from accordance with the wishes of the ; ratepayers and customers of the Board. Most efficient 'business organisations would 'hesitate before placing their offices in such a remote, inaccessible and ' even dangerous epot. The other public service departments have wisely located their offices within easy reach of their present and future customers, and certainly not on the site of, say, thegas- '. works, waterworks, etc It behoves the - Board to keep more closely in touch with s public opinion in these maters, as they - are the trustees of the ratepayers in the s expansion, which it is hoped will be 1 initiated in this department. In spite 3 of all excuses. I do not consider that i while this public service was controlled 1 "by the City Council, it gave service in | i accordance with the demand. It is hoped I ■ that the Board will do better, 'but if j , this decision re office location is 5 adheTed to. then it does not cay much t for the "business acumen of the' seven j r gentlemen who voted for it. There is j i no reason why suitable premises to 1 h<rase the Board's clerical staff and : records, and provide educational and i facilities, etc, should ■> not- be obtained on reasonable terms j r within easy reach of the 'business area. ! Tt is admitted that all works engaged ] in +.he production of any commodity j must necessarily have their works ] . office on the site, but the administrative j offices should be located to meet the , convenience of the public who are finan-1 ' c.ia.lly responsible for the saheme. The ■ othe.r question of additional land required for coal storage and future hydro- | electric sub-station seems to mc one for ' the exr*?rt tn decide, although ac a layman. T cannot understand the purchase ' t of hiph-priced land for such a purpose ] (representing a= H does a capital value » of £ 24,000 for the land alone), when ac 1 in other cities, coal reserves could foe • held on cheap land within easy reach, and substations not unduly centralised but placed in suitable positions to serve ' the various industrial, business or residential areas in the Board's territory. I trust that the Board realises that the public, or at least that section which j takes an intelligent interest in the j development of this city and suburbs, is keenly awaiting , a declaration of policy covering the whole area. If this policy is a wise one it will avoid undue centralisation such as is contemplated in the j motions under review, and will place this great public service of electrical i energy over the area on a sound com- | mercial basis, so that town and coun- : try are linked together 'by common i , interest as by these wonderful cables of . -energy.—l am, etc, ASTI-STAGNATION.

POPPY SAT. i (To the Editor.) ' 6ir, —Replying to "A Contributor's" letter in the "Star" of Tuesday last, I , would state that 32,020 email and 1690 , i large poppies were sold in Auckland ; I city and suburbs on above date. The ■cash takings were £1981 11/1, to which i has yet to be added a sum estimated at £225, being proceeds of sales of poppies . to schools and other institutions for the purpose of the making of wreaths. So soon as returns are received from other centres in the Auckland district a complete statement will be published in the local Pre&s, when it will be found that ] the expense will be practically nil.—l am, ;etc, G. E. ELT'OTT, j Secretary Auckland Returned Soldiers' j Association. i ■ I PROPORTIONAL VOTING. (To the Editor.) ig; r —Advocates of proportional voting have always claimed for the system that it would kill prp-sclpctinn and raurus i-wire-pulling; and that the roads and ■bridges member would find his occupaition gone. The Hon. Mr. Downie '.Stewart tells us that in New South i Wales the system has done this already, 'and done it well. At Botany a La>bour nominee who was commanded to withdraw refused and headed the poll. At Murray the three parties secured one seat each, a Progressive taking the place of a Labour man. At Newcastle a new aspirant calling himself a "Protestant Labour" candidate headed the poll at the first count, displacing a sitting (Labour) member. In New South Wales proportional representation has proved a great success. Its advocates are delighted at the results. —I am, etc., J.J.T. i . ' HOXIANGA'S NEEDS. [ (To the Editor.) I Sir,—"North Auckland Farmer'e" statements in your issue of the 26th jUlt. on the Mangamuka River bridge are moet damaging to public interests. I The representation to Mr. Massey here I was that a bridge should be built at Te I Karae, not at Tio, as your correspondent affirms." Such a bridge would serve nearly the whole of North Hokianga and Herekino, a distance of from jfive to fifteen miles to the East Coast and to the railway, and afford an alternative route to Kaitaia. It would unify the best part of two counties, afford a better and shorter road for etock, and easier means _of communication for travellers than any other possible route. It has been asked for in ■urgent terms for several years by the County Council, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Broadwood Settlers' Association. It is a recognised requirement for the district, and when one individual, who persistently opposed the proposal, raised hie voice at the Premier's meeting, he was counted out. ( "North Auckland Farmer" says that the agitation is got up by a few at KoTiukohu township. As a matter of fact the establishment of such a bridge would divert some of the present traffic from the town, but I am .glad to know that this Chamber takes a broader view, and is of opinion that any movement which directly serves the country will serve indirectly also ite towns.—l am, etc., ALF. E. YARBOROUGH, President Hokianga Chamber of Commerce. WHERE IS HEAVEN 7 rr/o the Editor.) Sir, —A correspondent, commenting on my recent article on "The Earth and Moon," may think he has put a "poser" by quoting the passage about the Kingdom of Heaven being within us, with the obvious inference that Heaven is not an objective reality—simply a etate of mind; but he must admit that many Scriptures assume that the abode of the bleesed has a locality. What about passages as "That where I am there ye shall be also," "In my Father's House are many mansions," "This day shalt thou be -with mc in Paradise," etc.? While in a highly important sense it ie true that Heaven is within us, yet it is palpable that those who are thus fitted for blissful existence muet dwell fcoraewhere —if not on earth, then in i come more ethereal sphere or plane. The New Jerusalem or Holy City that is to be set up on earth is not Heaven, for John saw it "Coming down from God outof Heaven." So, also, we read of Christ I "aecending into Heaven," from which He is to come down to earth at His Second Advent. Our Lord said, "No man hath ascended up to Heaven, cave He that came down from Heaven." Apparently, then, Heaven is a locality, apart from the earth, and much "higher" than it. Or superior to it. The sect known a 8 the "Israelite House of David" draws a sharp distinction between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God—the latter being the place or locality to which only 144,000 who have not tasted death will be admitted, while the Kingdom of Heaven is to be the abode of the inI numerable multitude of the saved. By ! observing this distinction, come appar- ; ently contradictory passages of Scripture 1 can be reconciled. Again, be it remem- , bered, it is repeatedly stated in the Bible , that the Kingdom of Ood is to be set up ; on earth. May we not euppoee that there are two Kingdoms of God—the material and the spiritual, havinjr features in common, in accordance with the law of correspondences ? Tn like manner, there ■ may be two Kingdoms of Heaven—the I one dwelling within us while we are on ] earth, the other awaiting llis ; n SO me j other sphere when we go hence. "Great lie the mystery nf jrodline.«." and T am I not presumptuous enough to pretend to ! understand it; but I mention these I things to show that the question of tho location of Heaven is not to be settled by quotiTVT an isolated passage of Scripture.-—! am. etc., J. LTODEI.T. KELLY. Devonport. May 1, 1922. CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. D. Beadle writes that a very .crreat deal can be accomplished in the matter of keeping houses clean by local incineration of household refuse. This correspondent who ha? a lilt :;win.-t. the blickleaded stove. To quote:—"There are better methods to combat ru.-t on stoves i nowadays than dirty blacklead, which I ruins everything it 'gets on, besides causing a lot of unhappiness in homes. Recently I was wondering if the baby was the pet or the polish on the stove in a home I visited. The mother said ito mc 'What's nicer than a well polished, clean stove.' It was polwhed up like the Monkey Brand advertise- , ment picture. Where the clean came in I failed to see, with dirty, filthy buckets \ at the sink, with refuse in for fowls, and malodorous rubbish tins at the kitchen door for a week, while there was a tljave and eoßJ>ex to destroy it."

"W.G.," basing his argument on tb» enormous loss to the municipality' caused by the destruction of the tea million dollar Montreal Town Hall, which only carried an insurance policy of 200,000 dollar.*, eaye that -'it brings out in a very clear light the responsibility of public bodies to protect the interests of those they represent, aa4 the possible serious result of neglect in. that respect. It also shows the unsoundness of a ■public body creating aa Insurance Fund in order to avoid paying money to insurance companies. The whole science of underwriting is dependent upon having risks well spread, and not holding too large a line on any ij. dividual one."