LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31802, 5 October 1968, Page 12

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 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. Let the User Pay.—Closed. Ruth Thorn.—No space to discuss topless waitresses. B. A. Calder.—Adds little to earlier letters on the subject. Seth Newell.—Flattering to Christchurch, but we doubt the validity of the comparison. E. M. Milne.—No space for another discussion of youth just now. Fearan Tremblin. —No space to discuss “women’s rights” just now. Fixed Income. —No candidate can be expected to answer a hypothetical question of this kind. E. W. Pyle.—The information has already been printed, and we may not have space to repeat it. A Parent. —We have not admitted correspondence on the incident. It could hardly serve a useful purpose. Threes.—An attempt was made to introduce an Australianmade plastic shoe for horses a year or two ago, but these did not prove successful in racing conditions. More recently a shoe of similar design was made in the North Island, but a Riccarton farrier who has a set in his possession says that they are too flexible and would not be practicable as a working shoe. To the best of his knowledge there are no plastic shoes in this country of the type to which you refer as being used in America. Commenting on your suggestion that the present heavy iron shoe causes corns, he says: "This will only occur if the shoe is left on too long. As the hoof grows the shoe tends to curve in at the heel and corns develop because of pressure put on the sole of the foot. This can be overcome by removing the shoe and having it reset regularly.”