Mothers-In-Law
Sir,—The member of the Waimakariri Rabbit Board who placed mothers-in-law in the same category as “pests to be eradicated” made a very irresponsible remark. How can a sincere mother, who accepts her son's choice of wife and takes her into her heart and home stand a chance of being liked by that daughter-in-law if these senseless cracks are constantly being made? I know one daughter-in-law who loves her mother-in-law better than her own mother. Wrong thinking and emotions will sustain this wrong impression of mothers-in-law; but good thoughts and right emotions can create health of mind, happiness, and peace to all concerned.—Yours, etc., ANOTHER-IN-LAW. March 19, 1968. U.S. Servicemen In N.Z.
Sir,—Allow me space for a message to any Deep Freeze personnel who may have seen Adrian Havter’s diatribe on Saturday. This kind of thinking comes only from our lunatic fringe, usually in secure country retreats like —where was it?—Upper Takata (far from cruel reality!). What these people do
not admit is that the battle for Hue is no less important than that for Guadalcanal. Opposition to the presence of American servicemen on liberty in New Zealand during the Second World War would have produced in Kiwis then no less a feeling of revulsion than it does now when such correspondents come out against proposed “R. and R. leave."—Yours, etc., B.P. March 19, 1968.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31633, 20 March 1968, Page 12
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