LETTERS IN BRIEF.
" A.8.C." expresses astonishment that " the very gentiemen who have, so earnestJv and paraistently urged upon the public the nece:«ity for taking precautions agakurt the spread of consumption, and who have e» graphically insisted upon the damgere of contagion, are now seriously considering the selection of a cite for o. consumption sanatorium on a spot which is becoming, every week, more and more a favourite resort of pleasure for the public, and which will, when the fine weather sets in, become enormously frequented, especially by children.;' He asks Nurse. Maude or Dr. Greenwocd, «.? exports, "if an exception can bo made, in the need for precautions against the disease in the oa*e of the selection of a- site for the proposed purpose in the midst of a pleasure resort, the natural accem. to which will be by the electric cars on one of the most crowded lines of the city?" " Observer " comments severely upon the conduct of some young men at a recent dance in * oountry district, who appear to have indulged in "incessant yelling and 'hooting." Our correspondent urges tbat when a dance is .so conducted that ladies are carried of! their feet, " it is quite time for them to retire and let their partners continue their mad career. A Maori taaka is well enough outside, but not inside a ballroom," .
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12305, 23 September 1905, Page 11
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