LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25161, 17 April 1947, Page 8

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

1. Letters sent to the Editor for printing must be written in ink on one side of the paper only, ahd writers must send in their names and addresses in full, whether they wish these to be printed or not. 2. Writers must say clearly whether or not their letters are being or have been sent to other papers. 3. The Editor cannot return or keep any letter which for any reason is unsuitable for printing, nor can he acknowledge unsuitable letters, although this will be done where it seems to •be needful or enter into any correspondence about letters sent in. 4. Letters fnust not be of more than 150 words in length

H.C.—Too long. Jurisprudence.—Letters limited to 150 words. Wide Awake.—No space for sectarian controversy. Veritas.—Does not comply with conditions. See top of column. H.F.C.—An officer of the Social Security Department, to whom your letter wa» referred, said the answer was ’yes.” The Meat in the Sandwich.—Prices are not raised in anticipation of wage increases, though rises frequently folW. Taylor.—Mr E. Hitchcock, general manager of the Municipal Electricity Department, said that, in general, ir would be safe to touch an electric ■wire while wearing gum boots, but there were reservations. The quality of the rubber and the condition of the bcots were all-important. So. was the voltage involved.. It would not be possible to state a definite relationship between voltage and gum boots without an adequate test of the particular articles.