LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31032, 12 April 1966, Page 14

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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R. W. Littlebury.—No space for verse. Peter G. Sutton.—Correspondence on Vietnam closed.

Abattoir Strike

Sir,—“F.W.P.F.” and his fellow Tory correspondents condemn the abattoirs strike, yet they are silent on the selfish action of a group of Invercargill doctors in challenging the authority of the democratically elected Southland Hospital Board even though the sick may suffer in the process. The wage requests were reasonable, yet the employers stood firm because they would get the Tory Government’s support and the workers would get the blame for Easter meat shortage.—Yours, etc., DISILLUSIONED NATIONALIST. April 11, 1966.

N.Z.B.C.

Sir, —This year the government will hand over £3,000,000 from licence fees to the New Zealand Broadcasting Commission, whose members are businessmen already heavily committed to many responsibilities. Several have' conflicting business interests, including the sole South Island representative on the N.Z.8.C., Mr Reeves Harris, whose electrical firm had the broadcasting monopoly taken from it. It is easily understood why the interests of advertisers are given priority over the wishes of viewers and listeners. (Mr Stringer has made clear his respect for commercial pressures).’ It is fashionable to see something evil in the control of public money by our elected representatives through government departments. It cannot be less evil to give such power to a group of whom some could find it difficult not to consider their own interests first, and of whom one. at least, appears to be there by political patronage.—Yours, etc., VARIAN J. WILSON. April 11, 1966.