LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32315, 5 June 1970, Page 12

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

(1) Letters to be considered for this column must not exceed 150 words. They should be on only one side of the paper; preferably typewritten. otherwise clearly written in ink; and ample margins and space between lines should be left for con. venience in sub-editing. (2) A legible signature and full address—not a P.O box < number are required, whether these are to be printed or not (3) The correspondent must say whether the letter has been or is to be submitted elsewhere (4) The editor cannot return or keep any letter not accepted for printing; nor does he undertake to acknowledge or enter into correspondence concerning letters, although an acknowledgement will be made where this seems to be necessary or helpful (5) As a general rule correspondence on news items in other publications, or carried on radio and television. is not acceptable. T. Shanahan.—Closed. Ex-season Ticket.—Shorten to 150 words and we’ll seek comment. Ned Kay.—No space—repeat, no space—to debate the merits of beauty contest entrants. M. G. Griffiths.—Thank you. An earlier collection was pub lished. Another might follow’. Under the "killer board" policy adopted in 1938. comprehensive destruction measures were adopted in each board district. Wager.—Depends what you mean by “brought from any other country." The Maori dog and Maori rat were not introduced by Europeans; the dog is believed to have come with the Polynesian migrants, the rat to have preceded them by some centuries.