LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23054, 24 June 1940, Page 10

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

TO CORRESPONDENTS Owing to the necessity tor serving space, correspondents are asked to make their etters as briel as possible. Only lexers considered to be of outstanding importance may exceed • ZOO words. —Ed.. “The Press.

Mother (Hororata). -Place application with Mayor of Christchurch. PETROL RATIONING TO THE EDITOR OF THB PRESS - - oiV—TVip latest appeal of the Min m ad . e Such returns must by Yours, etc., CHECK UP. . June 21. 1940. TO THE EDITOB OF THB;'PBESSV Sir—Now that we are all trying to which can only be aone i ot be down our mileage, would it n possible for some schemeevolved for to get to the post traffic m large portion of the u south-, the Square is trave rse twice bound trafflc has n ircle> covering practically a comple e m the roadabout a chain and Cathderal, befcpe way in front of the uatnuei , mg f de a visit to the pos * ?,® resume d.—Yours and the journey south resume^. etc- SIX GALLONS June 23. 1940. ’ the war effort TO THE EDITOB OF !HE FSESS pessimistic pen . - f adminisIrnment lacks oi: a trative ability. tQ gpeed Leader of the could he increase up our war efforts. uouiu i Qur production? Could he ec j or Home hoats with And. dispatch them Pith less y Qf last, could he procure which vi £V m Xnfeu?h ’ heVas' constantly way?, Aitnousii opening of complaining about ™ P gince th parliament being new helpful and resumption, how many ■ , Hamconstructive sugge Now , having been ilton put forwara- . inclusio n m g.«Son. £d ardent supporters Dack door expect him sneakmtne o rtfolio? and be rfJagJoß who Where are our Tory. B throug h the were. weeks ago for pages of the press som binet? , And a - representative w Opposition why did the Leader so flatly reject the U that cpMr operdtion in °Ji r „ p c nU t to those who elusion, ™y v Jd wlvs S and means of inhave, suggested ways .. a fter all, creasing production, t0 uitiis, just as >”P° r ‘ an he a most deadly mate victory as th we lack weapon. Let tnose wii so rae leadership c°me_Torward sensible Westport, June 20, 1940. UNITED PRAYER ro the EDnoa of the .■>«« . ■ dir—The great attendance at the Cttiidrl? Tel %SS**S people’s appreciation, of tne suss sSP» service every edral. Him* more to askbsts .at .&ny r&yg« •, - vniirs 6tc« < ■ and we : June .22,. .1940. - TO THF EDITOB P» -THE .PRESS.; : ■SSSS'WHsgf ? f '/ necessity?- Could ndt this be Empure ne^s^o^ As. Britishers,’ I^ e s^ a e cr 5 e ce a rf n Srection I to ; face matters and tu J n *9 s^ v fce7 Let dedicate a ° wHwy prayer 5 Sinl, not us _ have -but irv- our country “Mg. to ?et bs W aside every ?sx V^f n ye‘‘Side in' Me and^ My words abide ’in vouf ye shall. ask what /e will and it'shall be done unto you. Ymirs, etc., - JOHN, 15-7. :Oxford, June-22, 1940. . POINTS FROM OTHER letters “won seholder" suggests that hbiiseholders should make a practice cd pu - teaisi delirShxport™ pork and bacon-to Great Britain. • • ’•'lcing Sugar” f suggests thatinview of Mr Sullivan s warning to curtail the use of sugar- an enormous saving Suldbemadeby cutting .out. the icing of cakes for. the duration .of rtiie war;: To discontinue the use of ,icing sugar might entail some hardship .on cake : manufacturing employees but it would pay - to compensate them until more useful work offered. .The correspdndent also suggests reduction in the manufacture of sweets. M. J. Brett urges more careful selection of the diet of soldiers in camp and writes that the advice, of experienced dietitians, should be sought ana applied regarding it, : “The absurd and extreme pscriice of eating a pronigioUs quaiUtny of meat at the expense of'other rornstituents of diet-ra sufficiency of'vegetables. salads, fruits, ana other- balancing foods under the iqea that it is more- strengthening ana nourishing cannot be too strongly condenah.ed,”• writes tbe correspondent.. Information that a vessel leaving a Canadian*- east coast -port next montn has 375 tons of cargo for Bluff which poiild' be discharged at Bluff* has been received ’by the Invercargill‘Chamber of - Commerce.. The, secretary (Mr_ A. L.-AdamsoH). has. written to two importing Arms in Auckland and one in VTell&gtori asking that they make ,represehtations'/io .have -the' - cargo, , in which . they , are; interested discharged the of their'. In, v^jargill'client*.