Cotton Mill

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29725, 19 January 1962, Page 3

Cotton Mill

i Sir, —At long last we have ' gained some economic sense, ( and all the criticism still leaves the main objections to • the cotton mill agreement un- . answered. First, it was deliberately withheld from the . people during the election Why? Second, it was im- . proper, being a clear breach jof our obligations under JG.A.T.T Third, if Labour is so solicitous about the of the British investot I how is it that it could not I j care less about the thousands |of British workers it Hits II out of jobs in order to build I its own industrial Empire? I j The British school of thought. : that import controls should I not be used to correct financial difficulties because they ) bring hardship upon their partners in trade should I! cause many people here to I hang their heeds in shame II As regards employment, have our ostrich-like theorists I ever heard of fair reciprocal j trade and what happens if I we cannot sell our produce overseas? If they have not 1 they are likely to find out soon.—Yours, etc., 1 V WILKINSON. j Vice-president Ashburton •I Constitutional Society. : January 16, 1962 I Sir,—Another aspect of the cotton mill agreement on I which I think the public should be informed is the > matter of printed cottons Were all our women and ' children to be dressed in white, or given the choice of 1 as many designs as there are ,in the stores today? Running of any design in less . than a few million yards each would not be economic . Would they all be dressed alike?—Yours, etc., . KHAKI. June 18, 1962. i Cathedral Spire ! Sir,—Yes, the cathedral spire was damaged three times. It was previously sheathed with stone tiles to the top On the last occasion it was thrown off plumb and shed some of these tiles. Mr Mountfort. the architect, made a plan altering the structure The spire now has wrought iron spiders spaced several feet apart with arms fixed to all vertical main studs and running down the centre from top to bottom there is a steel rod with a balance attached to the bottom end. The new structure is covered with copper tiling The cross was also reconstructed being reduced in height from 15 feet to 12 feet, which now makes the spire 210 feet to the top of the cross I handled the plans tor this construction when I was in the draughting office of Andersons. Ltd. I think I am the only person living that had anything to do with the third construction.—Yours, etc., GEO F. DRURY. January 16. 1962.

Sir,—ln reply to B. Whiteside s letter I wish to state that B H. Gordon’s article in "The Press’’ said that earthquakes in Christchurch had toppled the cathedral spire three times. That is not correct. It was toppled once on September 1. 1888 Seven years earlier an earthquake loosened a stone which

fell to the footpath. As stated in my letter further damage was done in 1991 by another upheaval which meant the taking down of the repaired portion. The top part is now built of timber sheathed with copper. It was considered unwise to place the original cross on the spire again. Anyone can see it in the museum. —Y’ours. etc., G. D. FERGUSON. January 18. 1962.