CORRESPONDENCE.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20789, 24 February 1933, Page 9

CORRESPONDENCE.

~Cawe.»poudonLs who do not Looioly with OSW rules Bet oul in thu iaat column of our SeasUte Paga w*U excuse us from noticing 'itafx letters. 6B^(lirej'.—Tile dignity v,*s iu'al instituted j '*» a means of raining money, though ' *ltti*B were other objects. The incipient! " ' w«o to be gentlemen "of good birth and „ tortea*" possessed oi not less than ,£IOOO ' pw annum clear, and in cas« of war v they wen to occupy posts of honour near j* to tlio Jtoyal Standard. The rank has ',■ 'wen greatly enlarged both aa to actual' j- ■Wttßibji.ni and lowering of tho qualiflcaf> tiatm, whilst the money p&ymem has' 4 wiwHjj- ecaaed. A fee of £ls is, ho-werer, H P*7»'os« to the Home Office on each new j-- W*at»on, but no fee 13 nox payable by I'' tßcuiSeots. & SBW ZEALAND BUTTER. '•, 1' TO THB EDITOB Off '.'.'US PiIZSS. A* a visitor from. England, in £ inodasf. way making a study ot 8«f(r overseas marketing, and with » |(Sfflt desire to help development, I was iu the letter signed "Pro||lito' English" referring to tho market m'Uotaa for New Zealand butler. ' afSew Zealand is to my mind "the M*t pup. of the litter," and this was |WipJjasi»od m her loyal and sincere jpfw to pay up, without hesitation, ftthe debt question. I am of opinion that your ipW&uting is very imperiect, and oi II am looking at it from the wpect and with a strong desire helpful. Thero is already one king firm in New Zealand has adopted the principle than eu English" has put forward, hink that the firm mentioned is ; batter in bulk to its own depot don where it is then made tip If-pound packets in greaseproof and bearing its full guarantee ty on a registered trad© mark, tailer thus has a minimum of in distributing this brand ot which can stand up to any butter (and Denmark is your t competitor). Now, again' let ' that the market can be enraptured because in the first this enterprising New Zealand as at leasrt 2d per lb cheaper tiro Danish, and the latter was ! from bulk. As this marketing ison is based upon money before, the change in rate ot je, how much more readily tho market be yours now? -New. i should get busy and put into its enterprises. A good is all righo now and again, but it brings forth 'new ideas for '■ betterment, it is as so muca frind. m of opinion that the linos i by the firm mentioned give the i.„ T wonder whether it is generaown in New Zealand that bout the length and breadth of ited Kingdom huge posters are ed both in city and village the Overseas Marketing Board «on showing, for example, your of dairy cattle, sheep stations, I your other products and an .to "Buy New Zealand." The ine has a chain of shops from End to John o' Groats, or, in fords, throughout the whole ot ■a. and Scotland. Efficiency fco combine with good service to i» market. • sro many interesting detail I think might be helpful in : your markets on a firmer basis. quote one. When your splenrao is sent from here you have Itifully spaded, passed by your rtative board and stamped o*l

each carcase, buC this is disposed oi as a safeguard of quality as soon as the unscrupulous, re tailer cuts off say, the leg, which" is officially stamped. Thin the purchaser is helpless and may be served with any grade of foreign meat as "Finest Canterbury," and thus a totally wrong impression is [ created in the mind of the consumer as he turns over in his mouth some flavourless meat that was thought to be "Prime Canterbury." The quality of "Prime Canterbury" is unsurpassed, and I can personally testify that it has given my palate much to be thankful for. What is wrong with a chain of stores where New Zealand quality guarantee could not be tampered, with. These stores could stock all your products that are scattered at present in a haphaaard manner that neither gives a guarantee to th.e Home bujer nor yet ' gives that entire satisfaction to the producers here that true efficiency would do. Let me say that in writing at this length I have only done so to "be helpful. I have endeavoured to portray the position through the average Englishman's eyes, and I trust that in no sense may it he inferred that I am attemptine: to teach you your own business. —Yours, etc., HENRY H. TURNER. 16 Aldred street, iCh'ristchtirch. February 23, 1933. TO TiE EDITOR Off VB& FaBBS. Sir,—l read the letter in "The Press" yesterday by "Progress English" and thoroughly uphold his ideas of sending New Zealand butter to England in small lots, viz., |lb and P»- We were farming in England before the war and our village grocer used to buy 171b of butter twice a week. This butter had to be made up ia lib lots, as he- had a better sale for it, that way. It certainly was a' little more trouble but looked iuost attractive, each ilb in its separate wrapper. I used to purchase New Zealand butter sometimes at our nearest town (at any rate, I believed it to be from Now Zealand). The grocer would cut it off from, a big lump of butter, and it always seemed to mo such an unattractive way of selling. We also found it most useful to be able to purchase small lots of almost anything for household use. In any case, why not try new methods now.—Yours, ° tC '' PROGRESS N.Z. Tenmka. February 23, 193?.. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. TO THE JSDITOS Off THE rSSSS fcj,.._Tiie letter by "Loyal Citizen" which appeared in your paper this morning is rather amusing. Obviously he has little knowledge of the subject. If he wishes to nominate a candidate for the Mavoralty he should -attend the m<u meeting of the Citizens' Association and put forth his views. Before doinsz so, he should make sure that ihe candidate he wishes to nominate actually'is available;— Yours, etc.. TRUE LOYALTY. February '23, 1933. UNEMPLOYED ALLOCATION MONEY. to van Bcrro» or thb peess Sir '-doubt "Citwen" is trying to put the case clearly from his point of view, but, does he suggest that the City Council should refrain from upholding its principle of paying a small subsidy in it» endeavour to y improve

the lot of the relief workers who are so downtrodden by the Government's policy? Surely, the principle of trying to help these people is one well worth being upheld. Once this principle is departed from, instead of the council saying, "We will pay only the j 10s which we receive from the Government and thus increase the number of men," is it not just as logical to say that the council should pay only 5s and thus double the number of men employed? The outcome of such a policy w6uld be that the relief workers would perhaps eventually receive an amount of about 2s 6d a day. "Citizen" could then turn round and say what a wonderful thing we are doing by finding, work for every one of the unemployed. Then "Citizen's" words which he suggests would be used by the unemployed men, "T am having a very bad bargain forced on me by you," would undoubtedly meet the case. Perhaps at heart "Citizen" without realising it is a true socialist anu would divide up everything we have evenly, so that everyone would have a fair share. If he subscribes to this he would undoubtedly be a socialist, but does he not go astray by suggesting that the little extra help given to a few should be taken from them to help others? Why not apply'his leavening principle to all and not only to the relief worker who is getting a little extra help?— Yours, .etc.. STOOD DOWN ON HALF PAY. February 23. 1933. HELP FOR UNEMPLOYED GIRLS. TO THE BDITOE OT THS PK'BSS. feir, —The cry is "Still they come," but I hope to deal briefly with the three letters criticising my attitude on the question of help for unemployed girls. "As I Think" wonders why I entered this correspondence. Let mo enlighten such naive ignorance. It was not to discourage Miss Robinson from putting up a hard fight for the unemployed girls, but it was to discourage the public from responding, to Miss Robinson's appeal for help to found another organisation for a purpose that is more than adequately served already by existing organisations. Is that not a commonsense advice? Miss Robinson can doubtless find outlets in other directions to help the girlß in matters that are not covered by the agencies that at present look after housing and feeding them. If she does she will have the hearty support of people like me. The correspondent corrects me and says Miss Robinson did not appeal for money. That is a quibble. What was the sense of her appeal at all if it was not for donations in cash or kind? I repeat that the girls must remember they are the beneficiaries, not the benefactors. They cannot get off with any attempt to pass off their acceptance of help as if they were conferring a favour on the helpers. "Perspective" confuses analogy vrith comparison. I did not compare the gfrls with drunkards. I said that drunk men were not admitted to the institutions run by Major Dry and Mr Revell, and said that merely to illustrate that all such institutions must be governed by rules that make for clean living and good conduct. We expect even stricter rules in regard to such an institution as the Young Women's Christian Association. I am concerned «with Miss Bobinson's letter only in so far as-it concerns myself. I again repeat that an unbiased public will not give credence to uncertificated charges, mieh as Miss Rob-

inson has disseminated, whether the undivulged particulars to which Bhe and I referred are suppressed ou;t of consideration for the Young Women's Christian Association and the Women's Unemployment Committee or for the girls who complain, I leave the public to decide. On a matter of fact, the Young Women's Christian Association flatly contradicts Miss Bobinson. There is no rule requiring the girls to be in at 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. is the hour. She can still, if she chooses without publication { of any names, cite instances of injustice," Two such eases would be worth two columns of rhetoric^—Yours, etc.,, ' SIMPLEX. ...February 23, 1933. CONSTITUTION OF THE ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOB OF THE PEE 33. Sir, —In your editorial denunciation of fish poaching, published last Saturday, you appeal to sportsmen to cooperate with the acclimatisation authorities in suppressing this evil. May 1 point out the reasons why the society has lost the confidence and co-opera-A tioij of sportsmen? The powers and revenue possessed by this body are sufficient to have enabled it to stamp out organised poaching h'ad those in charge of the administration been capable and so disposed. The real issue is in danger of being lost sight of, because an attempt is being made to shift the blame for the present position on to those who are trying to expose the conditions which render it possible. In order to realise this fully it is necessary to examine the constitution of the controlling body. _The only qualification for membership is the possession of a license, which is never refused to anyone willing to pay for it. The method of electing the council is by postal ballot, , and the voting papers are in the handsookf k the members for about a month. During this time canvassers are busy among the numerous indifferent members who do not care how their votes are cast. The papers so collected are more than sufficient »o balance the votes of the genuine sportsmen who mark their own papers, and the result is that the council elected does not reflect the wish of a majority of the members, but that of some half dozen canvassers. It is this organised working of a ticket that allows unknown and unqualified candidates to gain seats at the first attempt. Of all the undesirable features' of this system canvassing by employees is the most pernicious. This is carried on quite openly with the approval ot some councillors and the passive toleration of others. For proof of this, 1 refer you to the first council meeting alter the 1923 election, which is about the time this system gained a stranglehold on sport and acclimatisation in Canterbury. A motion prohibiting canvassing by employees, was put at this meeting and was carried only by the chairman's casting vote, half of Hhe members present thus publicly proclaiming their approval of this practice. The regulation was never enforced; most of those supporting it were subsequently removed, and to-day it stands as a dead letter. Can these persdns who have publicly expressed their willingness to accept their positions from an employee inspire confidence in sportsmen ? There is another matter connected with poaching that I would draw attention to. Tho reports of the rangers are not presented to the council but are dealt with in secret by. a rangers' committee, which has power to suppress any information without giving an account of the matter. Only those who

have forced, the society, to action know how difficult it is to bring some X>oachers into Court. I would drijw your attention to the fact that there has been no official attempt to deny the grave allegations made in my letter of February 4. 1' repeat these charges. 1 denounce this; society as unfit to control the fisheries of this district, and I invito, a public enquiry by the Department of Internal Affairs on the same lines as that conducted into the control of deer.—Yours, etc., | BROWN LURE. February 21, 1933. ■ _____ i RADIO DEMONSTRATIONS. , TO r_T. EDITOB OF TH_ PM3S. Sir, —As a person who is always in-! terested in fair play, I am pleased to hear that the Government is seriously considering making any person who i desires a radio demonstration take out a temporary license, the fee to be ss, this to be deducted from the full ambunt of license on purchase of set. I believe that a number of radio dealers have already adopted this protection policy, as the amount of joyriding whli' radio .sets is eating up nearly all the profits. * Some people boast that thoy have had'a radio all the winter. When one firm removes the set in disgust, they ■■'telephone another for a demonstration. This type of person has no intention of buying. I heard of one glaring case where a man in the country, about 40 miles from a town, who'already owned a radio set, rang up various .dealers to send out sets valued at £6O for demonstration. When asked for his reason, h'e stated that he wished to try them .out for tone against his set. The genuine buyer will say for service. The dealers now have it in their hands, to amalgamate and enforce this legitimate charge.—Yours, etc., FATR N PLAY. February 23, 1933. ROAD TRANSPORT OF GOODS. TO THE BDITOa OH THE P.P.SSS. Sir,—ln view of pending further legislation regarding the controlling of motor goods transport, I have carefully compiled figures showing ,the amount of taxes paid to the Government by the nver-igo motor cartage contractor. I hare liv Ken a business whose annual turnover is £oooo, and running between ' Chnstchurch and various small towns in Canterbury. ' .-- - Their last year expenditure was aa under:—

We find, therefore, that a concern with a total annual turnover of £osoo is paying duty and taxes totalling £ll7B—_l.o per cent, on, turnover. That is to say, for every £IOO gross turnover. £2l 10s goes to tho.Government. This does not include items such as income tax, workers' unemployment tax, etc. For the current year now commencing for this firm it is further penalised with .extra duty on. petrol and sales tax. This means that its tax paid will increase from £ll7B by £312 to £1490, which on a turnover of £5500 will absorb 27 per cent. Bear in mind that this cannot be passed on to the public, as i&m railways

have reduced ilieir rates'.and the.cartage contractor must 'charge in . conformity; ■ .'. ■■'-'"..■ The Railway Department is complaining about tho severe competition it has to face from road-transport, and wants further penalties and rostricr tlons imposed so that competition can be eliminated. There must be something gravely wrong with a concern that cannot run at a profit dtio to competition from a competitor which is loaded up to £27 for every £IOO turnover that it earns. If the railways were taxed at the above rate on their goods carried, their-annual loss would be stupendous. It/ musfjX be remembered also that road transport gives better service than the railways, and to do this must run a greater mileage, as they take and deliver from door to door, and not station to station. Either: of the railways J3 ,most extravagant or the system is lamentably out of date. <y , Ip conclusion, I ani .-■quite.; prepared Xo substantiate any figures quoted and you may refer my ;riame to any enquirers, tto whom T shall; be 'pleased to show, actunl revenue accounts' of the concern in question.^Yours, T etc., .';-'. ',;.. ■ ■' ■ -ACCOUNTA'NT., February 23. 1933. THE YA STATIONS AND THB BAND CONTEST. TO THE SDITOB OV THE PRESS.' Sir.—What is the matter with our YA stations that only Dunedin is broadcasting the band contest, in spite of the fact that when the plebiscite was taken to find out what kind of programme was preferred by wireless listeners, band music came an easy first. It is a great disappointment to" lovers of band music that such is the present position. . Listeners-in get every paltry race meeting held anywhere in New Zealand, not once, but over and over again. The YA stations should wake up and cater for their customers, notfor the man on the street.—-Yours, etc.. A LOVER OF BANT) MUSIC. February 23, 1933. ' THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS. TO THE BDITOE OJT THE PSBSS. Sir, —Your correspondent "Two-eyed Stance," in .his reply to my letter, certainly does not err on the side of moderation. Not content with the term unsportsmanlike in connexion with the English bowlers, he now wishes to brand them criminals. "Two-eyed 1 Stance" makes the mistake of assuming that the bowlers dej liberately aim at the batsmen, j which, of course, is begging the question. It is the pace of the bowlere which has proved bo disconcerting the Australian batsmen, and th'e modern two-eyed stance is responsible in a large degree for any accidents that may occur. I could show your correspondent of pre-war batsmen, which demonstrate the difference between the modern stance and that adopted in those days, when the fast long hop had no terrors for the batsman. Jardine's statement that Larwood has taken many of his wicket* by clean bowling Ms opponent, or by catches in the slips, is described as hypocritical. Why? During the last tour of an English .team in New Zealand McLeod, during the Wellington match, was hit on the body several times, but we heard no suggefftkta from the New Zealanders

! that the bowler was deliberately aiming at the man. •.' Two-Eyed Stance'' also' . mentions .two or three incidents, trivial for the most part, that have appeared in. the cables, discrediting the Englishmen, but refrains from quoting from <■' the cabled report of the fourth Test match in which it was stated that the crowd roared with laughter when Jardine was injured. This did not make very pleasant reading.-Yours, February 23. 1933. SHIRLEY SCHOOL PICNIC; TO THE tSWIOB Or THE KKBBS. . ' si r) — Some days ago I received a. voting paper from the Shirley School. Committee in connexion, . with the school's annual picnic. The issues were "yes" or "no" in favour of a picnic; if the former, whether .to Riocarton racecourse or Stewart's Gully. The former locality did not interest me, and the fares by bus to Stewarts Gully were quoted at 2s 6d adults and Is 6d children. At the foot or the circular was a note stating that thd bus was a little cheaper than tram ana rail, and the voter was again asked to state a preference and send along a donation. . ',. ~ Now I would like the chairman kindly to explain how the bus is cheaper, than tram and rail, as I notice the Railway Department advertises fares to Stewart's Gully at Is 6d adults and 9d children. Does the tram fare make up the additional Is on adults and 9d on children's tickets? —Yours, etc., INQUISITIVE. February 23, 1933. [Mr C, S. Thompson, chairman or the Shirley School Committee, to whom the above letter was referred, said that full information would be given to any parent who approached the committee. "]

Duty and tax Taxable paid in expenditure, . expenditure. £ £ Petrol ., .. litis 464 Tyres- .. -• 320 108 Oil and grease, 320, 40 Sundry replacement* in trucks '.. ,. 41* 148 Heav/ duty license fees 198" 19S, Depreciation on eight truck3 .. .. 660 2-20 £2910 JE1178