Wapiti

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30058, 16 February 1963, Page 3

Wapiti

, Sir,—l have waited in vain I for some expression of dis- . seat against the proposed , policy of our National Park . Authority to exterminate the > wapiti bend in Fiordland. Ap- . patently we are becoming, as . has been stated recently in ; your paper, a nation of . apathetic conformists. Here in this wonderful country of J ours we are fortunate in pos- , sensing the finest herd of wapiti outside ite native North America. The wapiti does not breed freely; nor , does kt extend ite range, as ■ does the red deer. lit provides I some of the finest sport of ■ its kind in the world, and the ’ Fiordland herd has been setI tafootorfly culled by private . shooters for many years. Now, the taxpayers wiH i shoulder the burdensome ! cost of ite insane who! reais i slaughter. This is beauracracy i at ite went, adding yet anasMs control so ths netted

that already choke the freedom of the individml Youra, «te, ON GUARD February 14, 1963. “Smashing Rueaia” Sir.—A poster dupiayed in our buses advertises a film to be screened in the Tivoli next Sunday night Its title is hysterical: 'The Mystery Bomb that will Smash Rue - tie.” The tana "smash.” first of aU, is primitive decnagogism with strong aggressive overtones. Second, taken from a humane standpoint do we want to "smash” the people of Russia? And third, how does the immature mind of the young respond to this "subtlety" of character training? Thia poster is in colour and terminology highly provocative and entirely devoid of a tolerable objectivity. To my mind, the poster’s appeal is on the level of nwifriind' i baser instincts. ft lacks character, a tivilteed attitude, culture. and artistic appeal. If we have the mentality to realise things for what they are worth, why do we continue to accept the tosult inherent in this crude piece of advertising?—Youra, etc.

GJA February 12, 1968 [Batter A. P. Cnoke, of ths Seventh Dey Adventist Church, who is giving the programme to which the advertisement refers, said: "The advertising is thought proyoking, as all good advertising is. If the correspondent will attend the programme I am sure that he wiR be more than satisfied.”]