LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32531, 15 February 1971, Page 12

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

(1) Letter* to be considered Cor ( this column must not ex ceed ISO words. They should be on only one side of the puper; preferably typewrit ten otherwise dearly writ . ten in ink; and ample margins and space between lines ’ should be left Cot convenience 1 in sub-editing ] ■2» A legible signature and full < address -not a PO box < number - are required ' whether these are to be < ortnted or not 1 <3) The correspondent must 1 say whether the letter has ] been or is to be submitted < elsewhere i’he editor cannot return oi keep any letter not accepted J for printing: nor does he ! undertake to acknowledge oi ’ enter Into correspondence concerning tetters although an acknowledgement will be made where this seems to be necessary or helpful (5) As a general rule correspond ence on news items in other publications, or carried on radio and television, is not acceptable. M. O’Neill.—"Correspondents” I have no special claim on i space in our news columns. * Duly accredited spokesmen for representative organisa- I tions are allowed space, with- ( in reason, to express the . official views of those organisations. < 1 1 Oil in the harbour < Sir, —The Health Depart- j meat advises that because of pollution in the Lyttelton Har- 1 bour it is now unsafe to swim there. As seldom a day passes without ships in port allowing large amounts of oil to

escape and the Harbour Board having to dispose of this with detergents, the people of Lyttelton should expect the oil companies and the shipping companies to bear the bulk of the cost of building the proposed new swimming pool in Oxford Street, After all, it is not the children’s fault that they have been deprived of their natural swimming resort. Perhaps the oil companies and the shipping companies could state how much they have given to support the $33,000 swimming pool.— Yours, etc.,

. G. C. ADAMS. Lyttelton, February 12, 1971.