LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31547, 8 December 1967, Page 12

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

(1) Letters sent to the Editor for printing should preferably be typed, otherwise they must be written in thk on one side of the paper only. A legible signature and full address are required whether these are to be published or not. A P.O. bos number is not a sufficient address. (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. (4) Letters must not be of more than 150 words.

G. Parris.—Does not comply with above rules. Dog Tired.—So are we—of correspondence on dogs. Not a Rugby Fan.—Wrong paper. Forwarded. Watching and Waiting.—No space here. You could write to the N.Z.B.C. direct. Frustrated Mother of Two.—Correspondence on “Mona Vale*’ closed. Citizen. —No space for a discussion of the penal system just now. L. ft. B. Reeve, H. G. Grigg and New Zealander. —No space for another correspondence on country doctors. Common Sense. —Your generalisations are too sweeping and they have little relevance to the principle under discussion. W. B. Bray.—You do not explain the relevance of the quotation. If it concerns American policy in. Vietnam the letter is not at present acceptable. P.A.T.—Mr Corboy agrees that you are correct in saying that the underground railway is the most-used method of transport in Moscow.

fumigate them there. The idea of towing them along the wharf and parking them on a busy wharf thoroughfare before transferring them to a decontamination plant beggars description. In the meantime, contaminated dirt from the vehicles could be God knows where. Washing contaminated dirt from these vehicles into the harbour is no guarantee such virulent bacteria would be rendered harmless. The rules of hygiene are sadly lacking in the technique quoted in the article, which states that those concerned are perfectly satisfied with the procedure. This, and other instances of lack of care by the two departments and officials of the Customs Department make one feel uneasy about their attitude to such a dangerous threat.—Yours, etc., M. McCAW. Timaru, December 6, 1967.