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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23318, 2 May 1941, Page 12

AGE BENEFIT

'.amount IMIM sPif Mf&)'vearß,(il residence. DoHiin- * Put bJthat £W MjsongUe^ntrea. to,. pay social, and nataxi, I*so,', it,means BBrnteafesii BaSiSfe JSB| dL-rtnomionlt

■ /Sir,-- ! someLyears ago at the annual ’’was ’’was ‘ put '■ through that each ‘ year; intending candidates for election vto;:tbe executive of the Returned^, Soldiers* 1 " Association be given an ' oppOttonlty - of expressing their views#*:., in regard to Returned Soldiers’/Association matters. I trust this toOQdh-/Will ! be adhered, to this year.—Yours,' etc.; ’ MEMBER. April; 28.';, , , i H '.Of.’ candidates being given an oppdrtuni ty to> address mexderß- was"discqssgd by the executive on Apri* IV 193 ft! which approved of the pradtice.soleiy for that year,” paid Mr secretary of the ChrlStchurcbißeiurned Soldiers’ Association, -vtoen; this letter was referred to him. 1 •"therelihal-'been.” he said, “no requ&3t' , 'f6r the continuation pf the pracuceyi;^ IN WAR TIME Sir,—Except “lor the boys“.who .have going 'overseas, -it is not tpy opinion; that there slicfuldibe .any public presentations and parties. -Hundreds and thousands of - men <and women are doing war any- desire for payment, direct .or indirect, but are content with-the reward that the. doing of one's duty brings., ..All the presentation they want is to'see the war won quicWy and the boys back in Wew-Zea-land. The' Provincial Patriotic- Council andvother patriotic bodies are frequently) appealing for funds. -Why not devote the money to those appeals rather’ than to public presentations and parties?— Yours, etc., NEW' ZEALANDER - May 1.U941. - riccarton hospital board DISTRICT Sir,—Cr. C, G. - McKeHar has lost faith in toe- Honourable Minister for Health because,^he has-abolished the piebald. Wairtairi-Riccarton Hospital Board and established-in its t on’ a"• democratic', -residential franchisfe.’-’ ;' ; ‘ 7- ; . • ■ Before the alteration, i -householder living ih' ? {Jto'' Riccarton -borough 1 , sectipn of the* diSlri# w t as eligible by rearesidential qualification, to. st#fi±m7a-xahCHdate for, election' to' section’ of .the IM|fvaMri#4%enhad ;tq: be, a/rate-, 6)f ’ of. a 7 votfern, the same seat ‘Ueyery^

lar says he would prefer - the old hybrid system with the balance swinging a wee bit in > favour of the ratepayer section. ' Cr. McKellar is also-upset-because Riccarton is attached to Sumner, but. when some years ago'a portion of the Riccarton borough was, and still is, joined with Sumner to form the.Heathicote district In the Tramway Board area, there, was, as far as can be ascertained, no public protest on the part of Cr. McKellar or any. of his colleagues on the Riccarton Borough CoUndl;‘so that the Minister cannot be blamed If he assumes that what was good enough for a section of the borough in tramway matters where community of interest is vital, cannot be harmful to the whole of the borough in the present instance, where that community of interest is not so •essential. . , Further,: the: Riccarton Borough Council is now the controlling-author-ity for the district ; and not, as before, ■ merely a subsidiary of the Waimalrl County Council; It is interesting to note that Cr. McKellar’s- remarks re-; ceived -the full- support of his colleagues on the ■ Borough : Council.— -Yours, ■ etc., A. BIGGS. : May 1,1941. < BRITAIN’S WAR EFFORT Sir,—Among many present-day perplexities are three outstanding puzzles which you, as a student of world affairs, may be .ablq to ; explain. 7'. The first is one that must:be in' every: mind. Why are not Krupps’ armament works systematically and' , effectively bombed by our imassed Air' Force? Der stroy Krupps and ;. we hamstring . the main sinews f Germanic domination and evil centre of murderous war lust. The second puzzle!; is a . monetary one,. Before last election (and since) our New .Zealand press and our Gov-; ernment’s opponents have made .prolonged if nat’ielic attempts to ; com vince ug that ptir 6wh:currency is practically valueless. • Mbsl;ofTus ; ,are to-rday, saving it' apd Vgivihg ,it ; to .“win the war.” How ls it that money allegedly 1 so valueless in: peace -.and. prosperity’ suddenly becomes, so valuable in war time? ■ , ' 7 Third, there the- engineered' agi- : tatlon for a national-government; ■ Our properly-elected: legislators * have all the -.power required 7to.’compel-. each New. 2ealand..~dtizea-.; -.toßgivev-eveßy.?;" thing our war effort demands. to prevent profiteering, 1 and' equitably distribute netessaiy sacrifices.' To 'what-,-ehd,. then, ■it Labour’s wish to • deny ’ its - share of tor-war''measiir?s.^or-the. Nationalist’s desire to' use,our loyalty as its only chance'to-inflict .its dearlydesired ppwer # coercion -once again upon us?, 1 Could* you- or some -of your, readers elucidate/ these ■ honundrums? 1 —Yours! 7.” ♦ Hornby, ApriT 30, 194 L ' ,