LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28161, 27 December 1956, Page 12

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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TUNNEL ROAD AUTHORITY | Sir, —Although I am not a 1 member of the Labour Party, I do resent the remarks made by a correspondent over the nom-de-plume, “B. Reasonable.” I am fully conscious of the very active support given by Mr Macfarlane in Wellington when the tunnel road proposal was before Parliament. The action of the City Council in demonstrating "nonpolitical” bias when electing the Deputy-Mayor was appreciated < by everyone. The subsequent display of personal animus when the Mayor was not elected a member of the Tunnel Road Authority is, I feel sure, resented by the great majority of electors who voted for him. His continued help as a member of Parliament, to my mind, is of vital importance.—Yours, etc., JUSTICE. December 26, 1956. CYPRUS Sir,—l am afraid the new proposals for Cyprus offer little hope for a new era in that island. They are stupid hallucinations. For too long there has been too great a tendency in many British circles to cling to old ideas and untenable positions—an attitude which has been all too evident in the recent Suez Canal debacle. Any reforms introduced into Cyprus could well be founded on New Zealand’s method of government. The time when the looting of the natural resources of Cyprus must cease is near at hand. Whatever the excuses of the British and American interests in Cyprus may be, the Cypriots are sick and tired of being exploited to make fortunes for foreign shareholders. Cyprus is a grave problem which cannot’ be solved in the oldfashioned way.—Yours, etc., RALPH S. WHEELER. Timaru, December 21, 1956.