LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31781, 11 September 1968, Page 16

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

(1) Letters sent to the Editor for printing should preferably be typed, otherwise they must be written in ink 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 box 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 let ters, although this will be done where it seems to be needful, or enter into any correspondence. (4) Leiters must not be of more than 150 words.

Observer.—No space now for another correspondence on the dress and grooming of the young. L. A. Donnelly—A spokesman for a Canterbury rope and twine company replied that there has been no change in the processing of flax and that it is still used in manufacture. Most of the firm’s requirements come from' Southland, where the flax is now processed. Flax is also grown commercially on the West Coast. D.S. —Neither “scrubby journalists” nor the public are likely to be interested in your private business; but if you circulated a letter announcing your intention of dynamiting the House of Representatives you would be unwise t<? rely on the tag, “Confidential,” to keep it secret.